Fortnite is putting users at risk, to prove a point about Google's Android monopoly

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as declared in It's pretty simple, really: Fortnite for Android going to not be available on the Google Play Store. That's one of the reasons Android app developers generally don't fight the Google Play Store and the 30 percent fee that Google charges developers. FragmentationIn a tweet today, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said CNET that the "Unknown Sources" button isn't required if your phone is running the laanalisis version of Android -- Android 8.0 "Oreo." But by Google's last count, only 12.1 percent of Android users are on Oreo or above. Kids play Fortnite.

Despite Android's growing market share, Apple users continue to spend twice as much money on apps as Android users

It of10 comes as a surpheight that, given Android's lion share of the market, app developers generally choose iOS as the platform to build for. On highest of that, Android devices accounted for more than 85% of 2017 global phone discounds When iOS was in a distant 2nd at 14%. But in addition to being less fragmented by its single platform, Apple makes developers a lot of money because its users are more likely to make in-app and App Store purchases compared to Android users, according to data from App Annie. As this chart from Statista shows, even as Android claims more and more of the global app downloads, its share of the dollars spent remains almost the same. For the last five years, Android users have downloaded more apps than Apple users, but spent nearly half as many dollars.

Spotify finally lets Android users reorder playlists

as mentioned in ServicesSpotify finally lets Android users reorder playlistsIt's about time, too. Spotify users on Android are finally getting a basic function for a music app: the option to reorder songs within playlists. Spotify confirmed to Engadget that the feature is a new addition to the app, though iOS users have been able to do this for a long time. It seems Spotify is rolling out the change on its servers, extremely you going to not necessarily need to update your app for it to work. When you tap the three-dot menu button in your killer list of jams, you'll see an Edit Playlist option.