Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopolywww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down17
arrow-up1501arrow-down1external-linkA Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopolywww.wired.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareZink@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down6·1 year agoNot really a monopoly, sadly. Still found it a dick move the first time it warned me that an apk I downloaded wasn’t from play.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year ago“Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller” Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago Google Play accounts for well over 90 percent of all downloads onto Android phones in the US, according to state prosecutors
Not really a monopoly, sadly. Still found it a dick move the first time it warned me that an apk I downloaded wasn’t from play.
“Monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller”
Certainly a practical monopoly, if not a literal one. I would bet 99.9% of all app installs on android are through the Play Store.