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> The bigger difference is that the play store does not mandate using Google as the payment processor for transactions and subscriptions.

The rules have changed, they do now.

Fortnite was kicked out of the Google Play store for the very same violation of rules and consumer trust that they pulled with Apple. Epic are also suing Google under the same concocted story.

No they sue Google for a different reason althougher. On how they blocked OEMs from making a deal with Epic to include their store/launcher on phones (thus allowing it the same capabilities for autoupdates and the like than the Play Store)

Google requires you to use them for payments, that's been policy for a while. (They do it because Apple proved you can get away with it)