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Thu. 09/24 – The Rebel Alliance Forming To Battle App Stores
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The Rebel Alliance has a name: The Coalition for App Fairness. Microsoft will make office available without a subscription. Software as a purchase, if you will, instead of a subscription. Radical. Say hello to the Galaxy S20 FE. And does the gaming industry make pre-orders and console launches so messy on purpose?
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Epic, Spotify and others ally against Apple and Google app policies (Engadget)
New Microsoft Office on the way for people who don't want a subscription (Windows Central)
The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE brings some flagship specs at a $699 price (The Verge)
Google Maps gets a COVID-19 layer (TechCrunch)
Sneaker Platform Goat Group Raises $100 Million to Fund Expansion Plans (WSJ)
How a marked-up term sheet and messy rollout threw TikTok deal into disarray (Reuters)
THE GAMING INDUSTRY KEEPS FAILING MISERABLY AT SELLING ITS MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTS (The Verge)