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Android is also kinda a walled garden. At least in this context play store terms is not more developer friendly than app store in ios. While installing APKs is

• shkkmo 6y ago
  > At least in this context play store terms is not more developer friendly than app store in ios. I'm not aware of any instances where google forced a developer to monetize an app. Indeed, unlike apple, google is fine with you using a 3rd party payment provider (i.e. not paying the 30% cut) if the product purchased can be used outside the app (which is clearly the case for a domain name.) >> Payment is for digital content that may be consumed outside of the app itself (e.g. songs that can be played on other music players). [0] [0] https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9858738 https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...
• pier25 6y ago
  > Android is also kinda a walled garden You can send an .apk to any android user and they will be able to install it. That's the opposite of a walled garden. > At least in this context play store terms is not more developer friendly than app store in ios. You don't have to pay Google $100 every year. Your app is published within 30 mins. You can deploy pretty much any app that runs on Android (other browsers, other stores, etc). You can sell stuff on your app or even put a button to your website to buy stuff. Etc.
  • onemiketwelve 6y ago
    Thank you. I don't understand the enlightened centrists on this issue. I can see the merits of the Apple approach and the criticisms of the Android one. But to say that Android is just as bad... Nah