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[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Unfortunate. The Samsung store is probably the biggest non-Chinese competitor to Google Play, and now it's picking up Google's annoying practices.

I know people like to be dismissive about every app they don't personally use, but the Samsung Store really isn't all that bad. A whole bunch of paid apps can be bought there for cheap or even gotten for free sometimes. I wish more people used it so Google would actually feel pressure to make the Play Store better.

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Its not an actual competitor considering you need both a samsung smartphone and the galaxy store app to actually download apps. The discounted apps are limited to samsung smartphones. Meanwhile, those brought on Playstore can be installed on any google play services compatible smartphone.

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Its a total ghost town in the Samsung Store though its pretty much useless anyways.