That's why Google's in-app payment rules are subject to regulatory scrutiny and antitrust litigation at roughly the same level as Apple's. Those "multiple app stores" can't effectively compete with the Google Play Store. "Google has been a leader in platform openness for more than a decade, allowing for multiple app stores and avenues of distribution on Android, and piloting user choice billing."Ĭompared to Apple, Google is a "leader in platform openness" indeed (for example, with respect to mobile browsers or- see my previous post-NFC payments), but that's like Greenland describing its climate as the warmest in a region where the only alternative would be Greenland. It only takes a look at the first sentence of Google's blog post announcing new Google Play billing rules for Europe to discern disingenuity:
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