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Google forced OnePlus to decimate a Fortnite launcher deal, claims Epic Games

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Re: Google forced OnePlus to decimate a Fortnite launcher deal, claims Epic Games

#5

I know that decimate is a colloquialism nowadays but I feel like a publication should know better. Unless Google asked for ten percent of the proceeds or something, as a headline it makes absolutely no sense.

"to kill, destroy, or remove large parts of" is the modern usage.

the usage is hyperbolic; it is not nonsensical.

Re: Google forced OnePlus to decimate a Fortnite launcher deal, claims Epic Games

#8
post #3

"Google prohibitions on bloatware hurt bloatware deal, claims bloatware vendor"

Do you have any idea how much utter garbage Google forces vendors to ship with a phone simply to have access to a web browser and the Play store?

Or perhaps you're one of the lucky few who haven't been woken at 4am to an urgent notification:

"YOUR PHONE HAS TOO MANY MEMES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DELETE MEMES?"

Prohibitions on bloatware, my arse!

Re: Google forced OnePlus to decimate a Fortnite launcher deal, claims Epic Games

#9

Reminds me of how Microsoft would make deals with OEMs to only sell PCs with Windows on them, and how that, among other things, was used against them in their antitrust suit 20 years ago.

And because of the great effectiveness of the American government, MS lost their dominance in the PC operating system market and rank nowhere near the top five most valuable companies in the US like they did 20 years ago.

Re: Google forced OnePlus to decimate a Fortnite launcher deal, claims Epic Games

#10
Hardware/OS vendors should not be allowed to include app stores out of the box, much less prevent sideloading.

We'd be nowhere near where we are today if PCs couldn't run Linux, and earlier PCs couldn't run whatever you wanted from a floppy.

The fact that consumers are lazy and stores are easy shouldn't prevent decisions beneficial to everyone.

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