Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight - eviltoast
Victory Royale.

Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

  • bigFab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    11 months ago

    On top of what Aatube says about secret unfair deals, Google’s Play Store is necessary to run essential social services. In my case I need it to download my banking app and to sign into my university’s online studies.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      Even something as simple as the Wikipedia app checks to see if Google Play Services is installed and running before it’ll let you use it.

    • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      Needing an app to sign into uni

      Jesus fucking hell. Bet it’s propriety.

        • aidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          11 months ago

          Need an app to configure good ol’ eduroam wifi too

          I’m pretty sure you don’t, or at least didn’t, it’s just much more of a hassle to configure

          • Johanno@feddit.deEnglish
            6·
            11 months ago

            In theory you don’t. In practice I couldn’t get working with the 6 page step for step tutorial.

            It is almost impossible to get it working without the app.

    • Cavemanfreak@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      But that won’t necessarily change with this ruling right? Your government doesn’t need to change how their apps function because of this.

      • bigFab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I really hope you’r wrong on that. Anyways, it’s a pleasure to see Google bleeding.