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Google forces old apps off their playstore because newer apps all have ads!

They make money on ads.

They don't want those 2016 era games occupying screen time because they don't serve up ads!

Have you tried playing a new game recently?! 1 minute of ads per minute of gameplay. I'm not exaggerating.

And the games are awful...you can't lose on half of them. They don't want you to get frustrated by losing and stop ad-watching.

RIP Android gaming.

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Yep I think both smartphone platforms have done an horrific job as gaming platforms. There's a UK CMA (Competition Markets Authority) complaint accusing games of posing as suitable for all ages in app stores eg 4+, and then claiming they are only for 13+ in their privacy policies to serve ads to children. Both Google and Apple are cited. It's going to be very interesting because it seems quite blatant.

> It also claims that Apple and Google have a “special responsibility to protect consumers’ interests” due to their “effective monopoly” on app stores. Apple and Google’s lack of oversight “constitute abuses of their respective dominant positions,” it says.

https://mobilegamer.biz/apple-google-king-supercell-and-more...

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