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Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid (www.neowin.net)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 128 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Isn't this illegal in Europe? Was that the whole point of forcing apple to allow alternative app stores?

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  • [–] 42 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Technically, third party app stores are allowed. Developers "only" register with google to receive a developer certificate. Isn't apple doing the same thing in response to the EU regulations and that has been allowed?

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I can't believe how useless the EU regulations are.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    It’s because they regularly overstep their bounds and force overseas companies to do things they have no right to make them do, which actively hurt their business. Of course companies are going to do their very best to comply while making it have as little impact as possible!

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    If you have a Mac, have you ever tried installing an app and have it refuse because it's not signed by Apple, and then you had to go into settings and click "allow anyway?"

    This is that, except without the allow anyway feature, like iOS. It doesn't matter if it comes from the play store or elsewhere, as this story originally had us believe.

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