• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    In parallel, Google has rolled out its Play Integrity API, which allows developers to limit app functionality when sideloaded, effectively pushing users to install apps only through the Google Play Store.

    All of this while EU forbids Apple to do the same, what is the idea here? Measuring how EU reacts?

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      2 hours ago

      …did you read the ad…? It quite obviously answers your question and calls out the difference. The large, glaring one. The one that probably even a first grader would grasp.

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      Is it the same though? Google is allowing the developers to choose to prevent sideloading. I thought Apple’s issue was that they prevented side loading completely.