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You have other means to distribute your app w/Android, including self-distribution. It's an uphill climb to be sure, but there are apps who do that. Correct m

by fattire 10y ago

You have other means to distribute your app w/Android, including self-distribution. It's an uphill climb to be sure, but there are apps who do that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but iOS doesn't offer that opportunity as sideloading and non-Apple markets are not possible unless you jailbreak your device

brianwawok 10y ago
Can you name a single Android app that has even made 100k distributed via side loading? I can't.
- michael_h 10y ago
  Amazon's app store maybe?
  - bigiain 10y ago
    Out of the frying pan - into another frying pan!
  - brianwawok 10y ago
    Yah so you trade Google garden for amazon garden. Not sure what that helped.
- lewisl9029 10y ago
  I don't know the actual numbers, but I suspect Amazon's non Play Store apps are doing pretty decently.
- lucaspiller 10y ago
  su?
- jorgecastillo 10y ago
  Firefox for Android & Yandex.Mail on Yandex.Store. Here you go three examples.
- jaimex2 10y ago
  There are tons! XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps
- _nedR 10y ago
  Humble Bundle hosts mobile bundles frequently (Android only). Although they are not as successful or popular as HB's PC games bundles, they certainly bring decent level of exposure and revenue to game developers outside the play store bubble. They're only possible because of side-loading.
- aianus 10y ago
  Betfair app
madeofpalk 10y ago
Depends how to define 'Sideloading'. With a free Apple developer account you can build an app via Xcode onto your device. These will only be signed for 90 days, but it's something.
joemi 10y ago
To clarify, I didn't mean pulling the app, or anything app-related at all. I just meant Amazon and Google both can have such Kafka-esque "you're not allowed to appeal" responses to issues. I've personally experienced it with Amazon, and have read about it with Google.
- parthdesai 10y ago
  I don't know how much I should believe you since a comment above you said "(I've had to deal with such from both of them before.)" and now you say you have read about it with Google.
  - joemi 10y ago
    Ha. Sorry, it was a long day at work today... Forgot about the Apps For Business (or whatever they've changed the name to) issues I had back in the day when I had to set it up for the store I work at. Not nearly as mind-bogglingly frustrating an experience as my most recent Amazon issue, which I detailed in another comment of mine in this thread somewhere.

by fattire 10y ago

brianwawok 10y ago

Can you name a single Android app that has even made 100k distributed via side loading? I can't.

michael_h 10y ago
Amazon's app store maybe?
- bigiain 10y ago
  Out of the frying pan - into another frying pan!
- brianwawok 10y ago
  Yah so you trade Google garden for amazon garden. Not sure what that helped.
lewisl9029 10y ago
I don't know the actual numbers, but I suspect Amazon's non Play Store apps are doing pretty decently.
lucaspiller 10y ago
su?
jorgecastillo 10y ago
Firefox for Android & Yandex.Mail on Yandex.Store. Here you go three examples.
jaimex2 10y ago
There are tons! XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps
_nedR 10y ago
Humble Bundle hosts mobile bundles frequently (Android only). Although they are not as successful or popular as HB's PC games bundles, they certainly bring decent level of exposure and revenue to game developers outside the play store bubble. They're only possible because of side-loading.
aianus 10y ago
Betfair app

madeofpalk 10y ago

Depends how to define 'Sideloading'. With a free Apple developer account you can build an app via Xcode onto your device. These will only be signed for 90 days, but it's something.

joemi 10y ago

To clarify, I didn't mean pulling the app, or anything app-related at all. I just meant Amazon and Google both can have such Kafka-esque "you're not allowed to appeal" responses to issues. I've personally experienced it with Amazon, and have read about it with Google.

parthdesai 10y ago
I don't know how much I should believe you since a comment above you said "(I've had to deal with such from both of them before.)" and now you say you have read about it with Google.
- joemi 10y ago
  Ha. Sorry, it was a long day at work today... Forgot about the Apps For Business (or whatever they've changed the name to) issues I had back in the day when I had to set it up for the store I work at. Not nearly as mind-bogglingly frustrating an experience as my most recent Amazon issue, which I detailed in another comment of mine in this thread somewhere.