• danhakimi@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Except Google is framing the Apple App store as an alternative to the Google Play store, which… doesn’t really make sense… Especially in this context, they weren’t offering money to release fortnite on the Play store over the App store, they were offering money to release on the play store instead of as a standalone or in a competing store.

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      1 year ago

      It absolutely makes sense. There are people that will make their Android vs iPhone purchasing decision based on which platform “has Fortnite” (in it’s in the default app store that people actually use).

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        1 year ago

        but they weren’t offering money for platform exclusivity, they were offering money for store exclusivity on the platform

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          1 year ago

          Where are you getting exclusively from? It’s not in the article.