Apple and Google seem spooked by bill requiring more app stores and sideloading

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7 pointsthrowawaysea3 comments

Would love to see this happen -- for example, the fact that you can't install an alternative web browser on the iPhone should always have been illegal, IMO.

My key question, though, is how would this affect the app-store-like world of game consoles? It'd be kind of neat to install Steam-for-Switch.

>My key question, though, is how would this affect the app-store-like world of game consoles? It'd be kind of neat to install Steam-for-Switch.

I think this got played out with Apple v xCloud, although it is far from being over. Your wish of a synergy between Valve and Nintendo will most probably never be granted, with former entering the fray with their own offering. It is about to get juicy, which is probably good news for some consumers.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/5/22421290/microsoft-apple-x...

https://www.steamdeck.com/en/

Nothing that a hundred million dollars won't fix.

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