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Isn't this explicitly allowed? Amazon has an app store for android and there's things like F-Droid as well. Also there are many Chinese app stores. If all else

• paulddraper 9y ago
  The Android story is pretty good. As good as it could be, I think, in a reality where 97% of users don't care.
• Spivak 9y ago
  Not really, Google Play exists in a privileged position on Android phones because it's a system app. Other 'App Stores' are basically glorified downloaders and require a huge amount of manual intervention by the user. 3rd party app stores can't actually install or update applications.
  • problems 9y ago
    On many Android phones you can legitimately unlock your bootloader and load whatever software you please. F-Droid does support this fully automatic app installs and updates, see: https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Installing_F-Droid_as_a_system-app https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Installing_F-Droid_as_a_system... https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged If you say "most people won't bother" - that's true, but most people will gladly tick the unknown sources box too for pre-release or pirated apps already.
• grb423 9y ago
  I guess some people feel that social apps shouldn't have to jump through these hoops for having the wrong opinions or fears.