Tim Sweeney: Epic’s CEO on Fortnite on Android, skipping Google Play, and the open Metaverse https://venturebeat.com/2018/08/03/tim-sweeney-epics-ceo-on-fortnite-on-android-skipping-google-play-and-the-open-metaverse/ … via @VentureBeat
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Android is an open platform and users have complete freedom and control over what they install, as on PC and Mac. The last thing we all need a near-trillion-dollar monopoly to protect us from ourselves.
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It seems this is about money not a platform's openness, Epic don't want to give Google anything for access to thier massive user base. If I were Google I would prevent this code from running using the monthly security update.
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They’re not just Google’s customers though. They’re also Samsung’s customers, LG’s customers, Xiaomi’s customers, AT&T’s customers, Verizon’s customers, and soon our customers. This idea that operating system vendors own a monopoly on user relationships is bizarre.
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