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by tssva 2109 days ago
Android allows installation of apps outside of the Google Play store but Epic is pursuing the same path against Google.
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Kuinox 2109 days ago
Yes, for a different reason. Epics wanted a deal with oneplus for to have epic store preinstalled on their device, and google pressured oneplus to cancel the deal.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368395/fortnite-epic-ga...

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tssva 2108 days ago
Although brought up in the lawsuit it is not a basis for any of the counts in the lawsuit. The counts in the lawsuit all go to the same conduct they are accusing Apple of.
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colejohnson66 2108 days ago
Didn’t Epic initially go around the Play Store and require you to download an installer from their website? And then it turned out that it was a good malware vector? That’s what I fear will happen if we get alternate stores: lax security leading to malware.
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ac29 2108 days ago
Yes, it had a bug that could lead to a different malicious application being able to install its own APKs: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/112630336
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Kuinox 2108 days ago
Make it that you must sign the binaries. Google distribute/manage the keys, but are not allowed to veto legal things.
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colejohnson66 2108 days ago
That serves no purpose. If Google can’t veto any signature requests, it’s no different than having no signature at all; You’ll just have signed malware.
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Kuinox 2108 days ago
They must have a valid reason, not "they don't use our payment processing"
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