Comment by harkinian

2 years ago

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.

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.

  • 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.