That process they show in the youtube video is pretty involved and very complex for no other reason than to keep people locked in to the apple store.<p>As a layman I doubt this is compliant with the appropriate EU laws (specifically the DMA)<p>Unfortunately this behaviour does not come as a surprise but I certainly hope the regulatory "beatings" will continue until compliance improves.
I'm looking forward to this, even if only to have an alternative Android store that doesn't take such an egregious fee. I just want the market forces to decide the cut, instead of the monopolies. The only thing left to fix is Apple's ridiculous "fee for not putting things on our store".<p>Hopefully someone will do this soon, if the Epic store isn't this (or is this for just games).
Just curious.<p>On the other thread, people complain that Google didn't take down a scam app fast enough.<p>People obviously complain about the 30% commission fee for digital goods.<p>So if people don't want to pay the commission, and they want Google to police all the apps, isn't that just a giant cost for Google without a way of making it sustainable?<p>Unless people are ok with drastically higher initial phone hardware costs to make up for the loss revenue on app store commissions? For example, let's say the average phone now costs $1,000 and Google can collect 30% commission. Let's say countries ban the commission. Google has to make money somehow. They make the phone cost $2,000 now and also they no longer make Android open source to restrict workarounds. Would people prefer that more?
I've always wondered why Steam hasn't gotten into Android game market. Feels like it would be just free money for them, and gamers like me would be happy if they could play some of the games from their library on mobile.
Question for someone who is a fan of brand-specific game stores: what do you like about them? Personally I find the idea of apps-within-apps annoying and convoluted, but I’m willing to entertain the notion that I’m a luddite.
> Fortnite, Fall Guys, and Rocket League Sideswipe All Coming to the Epic Games Store for iPhones and Android, <i>and to AltStore</i><p>That's an interesting move! I'm wondering how they are planning to handle payments there.<p>UPD: also would be <i>really</i> cool if they decide to run an F-Droid repo!