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Apple yes. Google no. You can install 3rd party stores and freely sideload apps.
by MikusR 6y ago
Apple yes. Google no. You can install 3rd party stores and freely sideload apps.
- heavyset_go 6y agoI don't think "freely" is the adverb I'd use to describe the sideloading process, considering how "freely" and effortlessly I can install apps in Google's preferred way through the Play Store. Google made it so third party app stores like F-Droid can't even implement auto-upgrading, or background installations of apps. App stores outside of the Play Store and 3rd party apps are 2nd class citizens on Android. It is similar to how Gatekeeper works in macOS. Developers that didn't pay Apple $100 a year to develop and notarize software have their apps get treated like they're radioactive by Gatekeeper.