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Google is quite a bit more developer friendly than Apple. Glad to see Epic and developers get a win here, but too bad the courts sided with Apple. Would have liked to see App Store / Play Store duopoly broken up.

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Google is in this case less developer friendly. They made secret deals with Spotify (0% fees when using Spotify billing, 4% when using Play Store billing), but it took lawsuits for normal devs to only have to pay 15% on the first million.

So yeah, it's a middle finger to all devs from Google.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23969690/google-spotify-...

>Google is in this case less developer friendly. They made secret deals with Spotify

Are you saying Apple is different? I'd like to see the info on those deals if it isn't secret. Like the Spotify deal, Facebook deal, etc.

He said "friendlier than apple." Please read the comment in its entirety before replying next time.

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