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Google ends its 30% app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 131 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Tech writers consistently suck. We've had 3rd party app stores for a long time. Googles trying to make them worse, not welcoming them

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    3rd party app stores were installable through Google Play for a long time? You sure?

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  • [–] 31 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    If they are only installable via Google doesn't that make them 2nd party?

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    • [–] 35 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Because they were forced by the EU. It's still a US company.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    No they were forced by Epic.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    That's true for billing and fees, but not for 3rd party app stores.

    The app stores inside Google Play would be 2nd party app stores.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    but not for 3rd party app stores.

    Yes it is.

    The app stores inside Google Play would be 2nd party app stores.

    It's only 2nd party if there's some sort of transaction involved, which there isn't AFAIK.

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    • [–] 19 points 6 months ago

    Lowers, not ends.

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