Buterin criticizes Google and Apple for being centralized

Google has always been centralized, and the creator of the Ethereum blockchain Vitalik Buterin doesn't like that.

And it's possibleunderstand, because the company said that by September 2021, all apps in the Play Store will have to use Google's billing system for in-app purchases.

Currently 97% of applications are already runningthis is a requirement, but the remaining 3% require users to register in the system and re-enter their payment information. In this situation, Google wants to remain the middleman in payments and take 100% of the proceeds.

«Google goes further in the directionmandatory payments than in Apple applications? We need more competition in app stores and certainly in mobile phone operating systems, and we need it now.

When the user asked how to solve the problem, Vitalik answered:

«We should create our own storeapplications and experiment with decentralized reputation systems to displace fraud without becoming a backdoor for centralized intermediaries.

Vitalik believes that it is necessary to createopen source platforms for downloading and uploading applications based on Android. Or, you can follow the path suggested by bitcoin developer Udi Wertheimer, citing as an example the situation with the online game Fortnite, excluded from Google Play and the Apple Store:

«Fortnite showed how this is done:first create an awesome app that everyone needs. Then force your alternative download store to install. Focus on killer apps!

Another example is Huawei: due to the trade war between the United States and China, the company's phones are disconnected from Google Play. The result was the creation of its own app store, which, according to Udi Wertheimer, is not very good yet. To compensate for this inconvenience, Huawei has created some fantastic smartphones that sell at low prices.