LCP@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEpic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fightwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1341arrow-down1external-linkEpic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fightwww.theverge.comLCP@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mlgames@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.world
Google will appeal the decision: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/11/23996902/google-will-appeal-the-epic-v-google-verdict
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoApple makes its own app store for its own OS to be used on its own devices. It doesn’t make anyone else bundle its services on third party devices.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoIt is more that iOS isn’t the market leader. If iOS had Android’s marketshare, Apple would have lost its case.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThat certainly weighs into it, but take a look at the agreements that Google has handset manufacturers agree to. They’re quite a lot like 90’s Microsoft.
Apple makes its own app store for its own OS to be used on its own devices. It doesn’t make anyone else bundle its services on third party devices.
It is more that iOS isn’t the market leader. If iOS had Android’s marketshare, Apple would have lost its case.
That certainly weighs into it, but take a look at the agreements that Google has handset manufacturers agree to. They’re quite a lot like 90’s Microsoft.