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Since Twitter and Reddit killed 3rd party apps, how long until Google kills 3rd party launchers? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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They're locking down their ecosystem, have lost faith in a portion of their userbase, and they can't put advertisements on a launcher they can't control.

Sound familiar?

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[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If they try to do it, they'll only be able to do it on Pixel phones. They could theoretically force other manufacturers to use a specific launcher, but all that'll do is piss them off and have android forked. It'll achieve nothing.

The antitrust lawsuits would quickly pile in as well, Google would not have a leg to stand on. Comparing Google to Reddit is comparing Apples to Dinosaurs.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Comparing Google to Reddit is comparing Apples to Dinosaurs.

Or apples to windows

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If they try to do it, they'll only be able to do it on Pixel phones.

I don't know who was responsible for getting rid of native gestures (Quickswitch) when using fullscreen gestures, but because of this move I effectively stopped using 3rd party launchers, especially Nova Launcher, known for not supporting Quickswitch.

I only use Pixel Launcher Extended, which fixes many annoyances of Pixel Launcher.