Google ends its 30% app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores
https://www.engadget.com/apps/google-ends-its-30-percent-app-store-fee-and-welcomes-third-party-app-stores-185248647.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.worldSyndicated from the fediverse. Read and engage on the original instance.
View original on lemmy.worldhttps://www.engadget.com/apps/google-ends-its-30-percent-app-store-fee-and-welcomes-third-party-app-stores-185248647.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
15 replies
Tech writers consistently suck. We've had 3rd party app stores for a long time. Googles trying to make them worse, not welcoming them
3rd party app stores were installable through Google Play for a long time? You sure?
If they are only installable via Google doesn't that make them 2nd party?
Google is first party. The user is second party. Everyone else is third party.
idk, do you add, for 4th party? Double to 6th party?
Ooh, or square?
9̶͔̅t̷̲͒h̶̼͌ ̷͔̑Ṗ̶̻A̷͙͘R̶̬̔T̴̂ͅY̸̦̓
You are this kind of guy that looks for second person shooters, aren't you?
It's a gap in the market!!!
Not really, no. Google is just the vendor for the app, not the developer. Most apps are 3rd party apps
They have existed but they're now available in the Google Play Store.
Because they were forced by the EU. It's still a US company.
No they were forced by Epic.
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.
Yes it is.
It's only 2nd party if there's some sort of transaction involved, which there isn't AFAIK.
Lowers, not ends.