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At least the developers are able to easily get in touch with this Ron guy - seems he is being genuinely helpful. That alone makes it a better experience than other stores.
Ron appears to be the PR/support person, not a developer. But yes, compared to companies like Google, Facebook, Apple... it's nice to actually get human responses
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sounds risky if they can release a following Android version that gimps it
The EU would lose its shit if they tried that. Google has actually been on a path that makes it easier to create competing app stores, no doubt pressured by EU legislation.
The monopoly on app stores by device manufacturers is absurd, and doubly so when the governance is incompetent (which is always).
Back in the day some cheaper Samsung models came with the Amazon App Store installed.
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Yes, on the most recent Android, there is no monopoly. On anything else, it's there.
> Yes, on the most recent Android, there is no monopoly. > On anything else, it's there. Alternative app stores for Android have existed for a long time. Samsung Galaxy Store, Amazon, Huawei AppGallery, F-Droid, Aptoide, etc. They are also available for older versions of Android.
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but ppl can install alternative stores, no? ther's the huawei one too and the open source store, I forgot the name
Yes, on the most recent Android, there is no monopoly. On anything else, it's there.
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Play store still has this and the return window is 15 minutes. A refund button will appear on the application page in play store if you uninstall the app within the 15 minute period after purchasing. Apple on the other hand unfortunately has nothing like that. If you want refund, You have to go through the hassle of creating a ticket and they may refuse to refund for whatever reason.
15 minutes is such a strange period. "Hey sorry if this is a complex app you might get through most of setting it up. Good luck"
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15 minutes is such a strange period. "Hey sorry if this is a complex app you might get through most of setting it up. Good luck"
Agreed. I think they started it because people would grab a paid app for a one-time need and then return it after using. I saw this happen a couple times with an app that identified plants from a picture, another that scanned and removed apps that show full-screen ads, and a couple others, so the use case makes sense. But still I think it's a mistake because 15 mins is not enough time to know if the app is going to w…
At least the developers are able to easily get in touch with this Ron guy - seems he is being genuinely helpful. That alone makes it a better experience than other stores.
Ron appears to be the PR/support person, not a developer. But yes, compared to companies like Google, Facebook, Apple... it's nice to actually get human responses
For all their faults, don’t put Apple in the same bucket as Google or Facebook
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The EU would lose its shit if they tried that. Google has actually been on a path that makes it easier to create competing app stores, no doubt pressured by EU legislation.
The EU hasn't lost its shit about Android slowly moving from open source to proprietary Google SDKs yet. We won't be safe until they force a Ma Bell-style split, freeing Chrome and Android from Google's tentacles.
The EU has made anti-gatekeeper laws, targeting Apple, Google, and other gatekeepers.