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Android does allow third party app stores though.
by gundmc 7y ago
Android does allow third party app stores though.
- wyldfire 7y agoWell, yes, for device manufacturers. But what if users could choose their own? Or what if multiple were permitted?
- duxup 7y agoYou personally can install F-Driod. I'm not sure that third party app stores would really address much at all as far as the nature of Google's competitiveness.
- Middleclass 7y agoIt is incomplete because Google Play Services contains functionality closed to developers, unrelated to the free online services provided by Google. Your point stands, nevertheless.
- gundmc 7y agoUsers can install app stores as well. See fdroid and the Amazon App Store.
- tssva 7y agoUsers can choose their own app stores.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoAmazon App Store F-Droid APKPure Aptoide QooApp
- jfkebwjsbx 7y agoThe same way Windows allowed third party browsers. Yet it was anticompetitive.