One of many authorized battles that Google is combating within the US is said to the premium the corporate fees from app builders. Fortnite maker Epic Video games filed a case accusing the corporate of stifling competitors. On Tuesday (November 14), the case noticed Google CEOSundar Pichai’s testimony within the case. The corporate’s prime govt highlighted why it doesn’t enable sideloading apps on Android telephones.
“We don’t need to let you fully compromise your telephone. It might set up malware in your telephone… it could actually compromise your security, very considerably,” Pichai stated.
Pichai additionally drew an analogy evaluating Play Retailer protections to the protection options in a automobile.
“It’s like a seatbelt in a automobile, we’re including the protections so you should utilize it safely,” he added.
Play Retailer vs App Retailer
Google has been sustaining that its insurance policies assist it higher compete with Apple. It additionally maintained that Apple solely permits customers to put in apps solely through the App Retailer. Google, nonetheless, permits customers to sideload apps nevertheless it does warn customers towards it.
“We’re making an attempt to strike a steadiness. Apple’s iPhone solely permits the App Retailer, however we consider in alternative, so on Android we let you sideload and set up extra purposes,” Pichai added.
He additionally stated that Android improvements assist the corporate compete with Apple.
“Android was the primary to design bigger telephones, now it’s the primary to design foldable telephones… all these improvements assist entice builders to it,” Pichai stated, including that Google has “made it [Android] wealthy for builders to write down purposes.”
Pichai on Search cope with Apple
Pichai was additionally questioned on whether or not the corporate pays Apple greater than Samsung with regards to income sharing. The Google CEO stated Apple was paid extra.
“It’s like apples and oranges,” Pichai famous and added, “We give revshare not simply to Samsung, however to telecom carriers in sure instances who take the product to market, which isn’t true in Apple’s case,” Pichai stated.
“We don’t need to let you fully compromise your telephone. It might set up malware in your telephone… it could actually compromise your security, very considerably,” Pichai stated.
Pichai additionally drew an analogy evaluating Play Retailer protections to the protection options in a automobile.
“It’s like a seatbelt in a automobile, we’re including the protections so you should utilize it safely,” he added.
Play Retailer vs App Retailer
Google has been sustaining that its insurance policies assist it higher compete with Apple. It additionally maintained that Apple solely permits customers to put in apps solely through the App Retailer. Google, nonetheless, permits customers to sideload apps nevertheless it does warn customers towards it.
“We’re making an attempt to strike a steadiness. Apple’s iPhone solely permits the App Retailer, however we consider in alternative, so on Android we let you sideload and set up extra purposes,” Pichai added.
He additionally stated that Android improvements assist the corporate compete with Apple.
“Android was the primary to design bigger telephones, now it’s the primary to design foldable telephones… all these improvements assist entice builders to it,” Pichai stated, including that Google has “made it [Android] wealthy for builders to write down purposes.”
Pichai on Search cope with Apple
Pichai was additionally questioned on whether or not the corporate pays Apple greater than Samsung with regards to income sharing. The Google CEO stated Apple was paid extra.
“It’s like apples and oranges,” Pichai famous and added, “We give revshare not simply to Samsung, however to telecom carriers in sure instances who take the product to market, which isn’t true in Apple’s case,” Pichai stated.
