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Banned in India. Highly dependent if Chinese open their markets or not.
by virtuabhi 6y ago
Banned in India. Highly dependent if Chinese open their markets or not.
- sudosysgen 6y ago"Banned" in India. In countries like India, most people are using Android and a large number are using third party app stores or installing APKs. So market presence will stay. Monetization will be impossible, sure, but India is not really profitable anyways.
- rofws 6y ago> a large number are using third party app stores or installing APKs Any source for this? I wasn't aware that third party stores are used by the general population as commonly as the play store anywhere.
- sudosysgen 6y agoAs commonly? Outside of China, not really a thing. But widely used, and complemented even more strongly with installation of APKs? Yes.
- sangnoir 6y agoI've been to a developing country where I suspect split between play store and bluetooth APK sharing is about 50/50. Most phones have APK sharing application installed at the point of purchase and some people aren't even signed-in on the Play store, despite using the internet and WhatsApp.
- stann 6y agoXender is more popular than Play store near where I live
- sbmthakur 6y agoAs an Indian who is around many non-tech oriented Android users, I am not sure about a large number of people using third-party stores. It will be interesting to see a survey or study about it. Another thing is that with such bans, all major ISPs and network carriers are instructed to block the traffic to the related domains, so the app won't work anyway unless they roll out with a lot of changes.
- jjcon 6y agoJapan and Australia have legislation in the works and there are rumblings in a few EU countries.
- blackrock 6y agoIndia is not a relevant market.