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The difference between iOS and Android though is you absolutely can avoid the Google Play app store and install items directly (or through stores like f-droid).

I'm not a fan of either ecosystem really, but Apple is definitely worse on this one metric because there is no ability to NOT pay them.



Well - Apple makes everything. From my point of view, they are more similar to a game console platform where a completely verically integrated product experience, including marketing spend and everything sort of justifies a partner-like split of revenue. Google is really just hobbling together a pretty shitty phone platform, with terrible OEM support and drivers OEMs do all the work that Apple does but Google slides in there with the app store and takes a cut. To me Google is much worse


Google also makes Pixel phones, arguably this is a tiny fraction of Android market.


And I support Google copying Apple’s revenue sharing model on Pixel devices only. Other OEMs should be receiving more share.




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