Japan moves to ban Google, Apple from blocking app store competitors
Japan moves to ban Google, Apple from blocking app store competitors
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Japan moves to ban Google, Apple from blocking app store competitors
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Does that mean I can get a 3rd party eShop on my Nintendo Switch? 😆
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Ha, that would be excellent. Don't forget Sony and PlayStation.
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Haha yeah sure. That will never happen.
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Yes you can! And Nintendo will then sue your ass off :-D
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Me: but I'm completely following the law!
Nintendo: Your point?
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I wish, but this seems specifically aimed at smartphones only. However, this could open the door for Nintendo to make their own eshop for Android or Apple, and I suspect that's what the gov is going for because it would directly benefit Japanese companies at the expense of foreign ones.
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Now do it for game consoles
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Yes! It’s good they’re doing this. It would be better if they weren’t letting Nintendo brick homebrewed consoles.
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Japan was the first one to prohibit tinkering with game saves and consoles, they aren't going to revert it now.
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Yakuza is heading your way
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If there's one thing Japan loves, it is economical competition. There are like 40 different ways to pay at a shop, it's absurd.
And yet everyone will pay with cash.
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This used to be the case 15 years ago, but unless you go to some tiny independently owned place, you can usually pay with credit card or suica. If not, then with one of those QR code payment options. I rarely carry cash anymore.
Nah you can't even use cash in a lot of post offices now.
Wow, all of that and no crypto. That's impressive.
Japan is permanently in the '90s (and I love it).
I can’t pay with interpretive dance?! I shall not be frequenting this establishment. Good day to you.
There is a DDR cabinet in the arcade that will turn your Dance into Tickets which are accepted.
Innovation and competition at it's peak: You get to choose the color of your noose.
But (presumably) no cash or crypto because someone has to take a 3% cut.
Surprisingly a lot of Japan is cash only. Stores like this also have cash inserts built in.
That Q+ looking one near the bottom left is how Apple Pay came to be in Japan.
Is there some science to what facilitates common standards vs. dotzens of islands? Convenience of the user is only one factor (if at all), see printers.
no klarna...... ABSOLUTE W