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What if we locked up Google's store behind some obscure tech menu and make them wait a day? Then everyone would just use the built-in option, right? ... In what other industry would you say this is reasonable? How about waiting a day to buy groceries, or water, or gas for your car? ... Doesn't make sense, does it.
And why believe Google at all? A day now, but why not a week later. There's nothing stopping them from altering the deal. You, my friend, are in Lando's shoes. And you don't quite realize it yet. Tell you what, you're not allowed to reply for 24 hours. Go think about it.
I don't even believe them, but until that update is actually released, the announcement is just the information we have for now.
Imho a better comparison would be not being allowed to post within the first 24 hours after signing up. Sure it would be annoying once, but not much of a deal in the long term.
The annoyance for more tech-savvy people is not the point, the issue is that it’s blatant railroading.
If a casual user needs to use, let’s say, a browser, they’re completely oblivious to the difference between them, and you tell them “you can choose between Edge or Firefox, but for Firefox you’ll have to wait 24h” it’s logical that they’ll pick Edge. Then they’ll get used to it and never switch.
It’s hindering the competition, basically market manipulation.