Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoGoogle ends its 30% app store fee and welcomes third-party app storeswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down125
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minus-squarecommander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up132arrow-down1·4 days agoTech writers consistently suck. We’ve had 3rd party app stores for a long time. Googles trying to make them worse, not welcoming them
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·4 days ago3rd party app stores were installable through Google Play for a long time? You sure?
minus-squareRioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down2·4 days agoIf they are only installable via Google doesn’t that make them 2nd party?
minus-squareMagnum, P.I.@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoYou are this kind of guy that looks for second person shooters, aren’t you?
minus-squareRioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIt’s a gap in the market!!!
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoGoogle is first party. The user is second party. Everyone else is third party.
minus-squareThurstylark@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·3 days agoidk, do you add, for 4th party? Double to 6th party? Ooh, or square? 9̶͔̅t̷̲͒h̶̼͌ ̷͔̑Ṗ̶̻A̷͙͘R̶̬̔T̴̂ͅY̸̦̓
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNot really, no. Google is just the vendor for the app, not the developer. Most apps are 3rd party apps
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoThey have existed but they’re now available in the Google Play Store.
Tech writers consistently suck. We’ve had 3rd party app stores for a long time. Googles trying to make them worse, not welcoming them
3rd party app stores were installable through Google Play for a long time? You sure?
If they are only installable via Google doesn’t that make them 2nd party?
You are this kind of guy that looks for second person shooters, aren’t you?
It’s a gap in the market!!!
Google is first party. The user is second party. Everyone else is third party.
idk, do you add, for 4th party? Double to 6th party?
Ooh, or square?
9̶͔̅t̷̲͒h̶̼͌ ̷͔̑Ṗ̶̻A̷͙͘R̶̬̔T̴̂ͅY̸̦̓
Not really, no. Google is just the vendor for the app, not the developer. Most apps are 3rd party apps
They have existed but they’re now available in the Google Play Store.