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by _qulr 2092 days ago
They're already drawn in. Epic sued Google too. But Epic doesn't have a Chrome extension, and Google Play Store payments aren't similarly deprecated.
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neximo64 2092 days ago
Google isn't really like Apple in the monopolistic sense. You're free to install your own app store on a Gphone.

Chrome extensions are a bit different because they have to be signed with another store by Google anyway.

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_qulr 2092 days ago
Technically, you can sideload Chrome extensions with Developer mode, so I don't think that's much different from Android.
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jfrunyon 2091 days ago
The difference is that on Android you can get a different store, and the only thing you have to do is turn on dev mode and then download/run the apk.

There seems to be a lot more friction to sideloading a Chrome extension: download, unzip, turn on dev mode, click a button & navigate to the unzipped files...

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