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Android has had sideloading as well as alternative app stores enabled by it since the beginning. These problems don't really exist. You'd still want to publish
by grishka 6y ago
Android has had sideloading as well as alternative app stores enabled by it since the beginning. These problems don't really exist. You'd still want to publish on Google Play by default, but if your app hurts Google's business, morals, feelings, or whatever else, you have the option of distributing it using whatever means you see fit — like an apk with a built-in updater on your website.
In other words, being rejected from the App Store is an end of the world situation, while being rejected from Google Play is not quite.
- valuearb 6y agoGoogle Play is a dumpster fire compared to the App Store, and despite alternative app stores as competition still charges 30%.
- grishka 6y agoAs opposed to Apple, Google doesn't mandate that your payments go through the store. You could as well do your own payment processing.
- valuearb 6y agoRight, Apple has a unified purchasing system that makes the entire purchasing process (including subscription management and app refunds) easier and more trustworthy for iPhone users.
- grishka 6y agoGoogle also offers that. My point is that choice is good.
- valuearb 6y agoMy point is allowing alternate stores means allowing more malware, fraud-ware and worse purchasing experiences for platform customers.
- grishka 6y agoAllowing a web browser also means allowing phishing and "worse purchasing experience". Again, if a company wants The Google Experience™, it can use it for 30% of its income. If it does not, it's free to use whatever payment provider it wants.