thehatfox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store feeswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down15cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@beehaw.organdroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1284arrow-down1external-linkA secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store feeswww.theverge.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@beehaw.organdroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down5·11 months agoAdd it to the pile of app store shenanigans Apple flavoring megacorps like Google and Microsoft for keyboards over FlickType, an accessible independent keyboard Apple making up BS excuses for why Ice Cubes, n open source Mastodon client, couldn’t be on the app store alongside closed source clients
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·11 months agoWhat flavor are the smaller companies?
minus-squareChozo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoHe already said apple flavoring.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoNo, he said Google and Microsoft had the apple flavoring, as opposed to a smaller company.
minus-squareBartsbigbugbag@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIce cubes is on the Apple Store though… or is this something that happened in the past and has since been changed?
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIt was an uphill battle. IMO a very unfair one. https://daringfireball.net/2023/01/ice_cubes_app_store_limbo
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minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoHave I missed any? I’m not exactly a Google fan
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·11 months agoMore than one thing can be true at once. Doesn’t mean it’s shilling.
minus-squareHollandJim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoDid I say shilling? Just don’t see the point of the comment, that’s all.
Add it to the pile of app store shenanigans
What flavor are the smaller companies?
He already said apple flavoring.
No, he said Google and Microsoft had the apple flavoring, as opposed to a smaller company.
Ice cubes is on the Apple Store though… or is this something that happened in the past and has since been changed?
It was an uphill battle. IMO a very unfair one.
https://daringfireball.net/2023/01/ice_cubes_app_store_limbo
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Have I missed any? I’m not exactly a Google fan
More than one thing can be true at once. Doesn’t mean it’s shilling.
Did I say shilling? Just don’t see the point of the comment, that’s all.