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0 pointsjudge20202y ago0 comments

> Androids Play store (pending some anti-trust issues, ironically) still has the majority of apps there and it'd be doubtful that any android alternative store can steal that mindshare away.

If so, why did Google feel the need to bribe developers to keep their apps on the Play store?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632818/google-project-h...

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johnnyanmac2y ago

I did mention that part briefly. And I am still a bit confused about the decision as well given some of the subjects that suppressed.

I guess 2010's Google didn't want any trace of a popular gaming store to take over, given that we now know F2P mobile games are 70% of the app store revenue (and I'm sure it's similar to Google). If EA made the supposed Steam of Android and most games chose to focus on the EA store, that's a huge cut into Google revenue, even if most other apps would still be on the play store. So better not to risk it at all.

refulgentis2y ago

Objection, argumentative: being doubtful of X, and a company wanted to move X to 0 probability, aren't in tension.

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