They're already drawn in. Epic sued Google too. But Epic doesn't have a Chrome e...

neximo64 · on Sept 22, 2020

Google isn't really like Apple in the monopolistic sense. You're free to install your own app store on a Gphone.

Chrome extensions are a bit different because they have to be signed with another store by Google anyway.

_qulr · on Sept 22, 2020

Technically, you can sideload Chrome extensions with Developer mode, so I don't think that's much different from Android.

jfrunyon · on Sept 22, 2020

The difference is that on Android you can get a different store, and the only thing you have to do is turn on dev mode and then download/run the apk.

There seems to be a lot more friction to sideloading a Chrome extension: download, unzip, turn on dev mode, click a button & navigate to the unzipped files...