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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

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[–] 28 points 2 years ago (8 children)

On top of what Aatube says about secret unfair deals, Google's Play Store is necessary to run essential social services. In my case I need it to download my banking app and to sign into my university's online studies.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Needing an app to sign into uni

    Jesus fucking hell. Bet it's propriety.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Need an app to configure good ol' eduroam wifi too, but that one's on F-Droid at least

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Need an app to configure good ol' eduroam wifi too

    I'm pretty sure you don't, or at least didn't, it's just much more of a hassle to configure

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