Ok maybe the Indian govt can force Android phone manufacturers to pre install it...

switch11 · on Oct 3, 2020

Let's look at some background

1) The issue is that Google is attacking competitors using the App Store as a weapon

Google Pay is one of the biggest payment apps in India

It attacked PayTm, another very big payment app, by making its app disappear

2) So lots of Indian companies are using it as an opportunity to do BOTH

A) Point out Google attacking competitors

B) Google taking 30% cut is unsustainable

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Now, in INdia Android has 95% market share

So Apple gets a free pass by virtue of being so tiny in India

hawkoy · on Oct 3, 2020

Attacked Paytm?

They have fantasy cricket now which is definitely gambling and my dad is getting spammed with messages that look exactly like scams. I am glad they removed it even if just for a few hours. They didn't comply after being requested to multiple times.

Justifying it as cashback can be used for almost anything in the way they have done.

d3nj4l · on Oct 3, 2020

Yes. This is entirely because PayTM thought it was too big to fail - and Google shut it down anyway.

ape4 · on Oct 3, 2020

No 30% is a big deal... "The government's existing Mobile Seva App Store is expected to be refurbished to create the Indian App Store and all the applications in it, will not be charged for gatekeeping."

higerordermap · on Oct 4, 2020

This is annoying as shit. Lot of people use Google Pay or Amazon Pay because they are good.

powerapple · on Oct 3, 2020

I would love to see India government push for an open iPhone, giving people an option to have their app store if they choose to, and leave people want to stick with Apple AppStore the same as now.

harpratap · on Oct 3, 2020

Apple has a history of complying with government requests. They opened up NFC stack when UK requested it. Added SMS spam reporting integration with TRAI in India. And all the changes they do for complying with PRC

wtmt · on Oct 3, 2020

The spam integration wasn’t done in the way TRAI was pushing Apple to. On Android, the DND (Do Not Disturb) app could get permissions to the call log and SMS, but this wasn’t possible on iOS. Apple pushed back on that requirement for privacy reasons and instead developed a way for the reporting to be done by the user and the information passed to the DND app to compose (not send) an SMS. No compromises were made to grant any permissions. To this day, the SMS permissions doesn’t exist on iOS.