Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopolywww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down16
arrow-up1434arrow-down1external-linkA Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopolywww.wired.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareZink@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·11 months 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-up7arrow-down1·11 months 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-up0·11 months 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.