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0 pointssmegger0014y ago0 comments

>Google prohibits vendors from bundling other stores,

they do? then why does my phone have a uninstallable 'galaxy store' app that Samsung decide to fill my limited storage with.

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bubblethink4y ago

That's because google and samsung need each other. So samsung gets a pass. They don't allow other manufacturers.

izacus4y ago

Huawei ships with their own app store on devices with Play Services as well. There's no restrictions for other manufacturers.

What other manufacturers can't do is fragment the ecosystem and prevent people from also using Play Store.

bubblethink4y ago

The epic lawsuit has quite a few details about google preventing manufacturers from installing epic software/epic store on devices.

cryptonym4y ago

This still is a walled garden. Store from os or manufacturer. If you try to install a third-party you may end up with poor user experience from the os.

Time to split app distribution from OS. Making it mandatory to allow other stores, with first class user experience, and not set their as default one.

smegger001OP4y ago

I installed the amazon app store on my android phone and it worked fine same with installing FDroid. all i had to do was check a box when prompted.

cryptonym4y ago

Sure but it's only you, already knowing about alternative stores, and with your specific device.

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bubblethink4y ago

That's because google and samsung need each other. So samsung gets a pass. They don't allow other manufacturers.

izacus4y ago

Huawei ships with their own app store on devices with Play Services as well. There's no restrictions for other manufacturers.

What other manufacturers can't do is fragment the ecosystem and prevent people from also using Play Store.

bubblethink4y ago

The epic lawsuit has quite a few details about google preventing manufacturers from installing epic software/epic store on devices.

cryptonym4y ago

This still is a walled garden. Store from os or manufacturer. If you try to install a third-party you may end up with poor user experience from the os.

Time to split app distribution from OS. Making it mandatory to allow other stores, with first class user experience, and not set their as default one.

smegger001OP4y ago

I installed the amazon app store on my android phone and it worked fine same with installing FDroid. all i had to do was check a box when prompted.

cryptonym4y ago

Sure but it's only you, already knowing about alternative stores, and with your specific device.

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