While there is a link to the Play Store’s alternative app store page, it’s buried several levels deep in its confusing menus. Epic lawyer Yonatan Even showed the court that even searching for “app store” and “aptoide” didn’t show the intended results like any other search. Instead, the Play Store shows an “are you looking for” banner that links to the third-party app store page.
Google’s lawyers contended in the hearing that Epic had already agreed that app stores are in a special category due to their expanded permissions, so the extra step was appropriate. The court didn’t buy that explanation, though.
“That is not acceptable,” said Donato. “That has to be fixed. I want every possible variation that’s even only 70 percent properly phrased.”
I really hope this also sinks Google’s plan to lock down Android in the name of “security” (actually they just want Apple’s walled garden).
This is great, but at the same time I would hate it if my product owner came to me with something due in 1 week lol. Sprints are usually supposed to be 2 weeks long.
Google should have been expecting this possibility for a long, long time.
Also Google can make this kind of change in a week easy.
That’s the PM’s problem
From my own personal experience, I tried to download Aptoide and it downloaded a completely different app. It said it was Aptoide and then it was a weird sponsored product that showed up. Then when I searched again for Aptoide, it said that it wasn’t available to download.
Maybe it was a fake/scam app presented as Aptoide?
It was from their search engine and listed as Altoide. It had to be google misrepresenting it or they have a really fucking serious problem that just happens to be the only time it ever happened, and an app they hate.
