[hu3]

> 1. Allowing other app stores would immediately mean each app wanting you to go to a separate store. I barely use apps in the first place but would imagine this being bothersome for those who use them a lot.

Except Android allows other stores since forever and that didn't happen so this is proven to be an incorrect assumption.

I see this and other blatantly wrong, easily verifiable, takes so often that I wonder if those who write even know how things work in Android or they just live in an iOS bubble and assume things about Android.

[harkinian]

Android heavily warns users against installing those, which might not fly if the ruling is to treat them equally. Despite that, a major app Fortnite is only available via the Epic Games store on Android.

[hu3]

A single game. And Epic did that because they are suing Google (and Apple).

On the other hand, I can download Amazon, Meta and Microsoft apps from Google playstore. Even Apple uses it.

[harkinian]

Because users get a scary warning if they don't do that. Unlike Mac or Windows, where users can download stuff outside the Mac or MS store without warning, so big companies don't use the stores.