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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight::A jury has decided for Epic Games in the Epic v. Google trial, giving the Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker a historic win in its fight to change how app stores work.
The problem is, they can’t provide a direct alternative. On Apple they straight can’t sideload, and on Android Google has intentionally made the experience shitty and dangerous to discourage it.
In what way?
They have made it nearly impossible for a non-rooted phone to have apps automatically update, or an app store automatically update apps if it isn’t the play store.
That is not true since Android 12