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Apple, Google, Microsoft: The Power of App Stores

Summary by Kronen Zeitung
If you want to install an app on your smartphone, you can do it in most cases via an App Store: For years on the iPhone, Apple virtually controlled the app distribution alone, and on Android phones, the Google Play Store takes on this role. So far, it has been quite easy to bypass Google's app market and install programs from other sources. However, this is supposed to change in 2027.

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If you want to install an app on your smartphone, you can do it in most cases via an App Store: For years on the iPhone, Apple virtually controlled the app distribution alone, and on Android phones, the Google Play Store takes on this role. So far, it has been quite easy to bypass Google's app market and install programs from other sources. However, this is supposed to change in 2027.

·Vienna, Austria
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Kronen Zeitung broke the news in Vienna, Austria on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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