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The announcement is here: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/listening-to-developer-feedback-to.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/20

The announcement is here: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/listening-to-developer-feedback-to.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/listening-... To me the most interesting part is: "we will be making changes in Android 12 (next year’s Android release) to make it even easier for people to use other app stores on their devices"

lern_too_spel 6y ago
If this means applications other than the Play Store (or other apps on the system partition) can automatically update apps, it's about time. If I want to distribute self-updating apps to my own devices, I don't need or want Google to intermediate that, and I don't want to have to unlock the bootloader to install a different system to do that either.
CameronNemo 6y ago
That will likely take years to reach actual users. Many existing phones may never see Android 12.
anaganisk 6y ago
Scold apple all you want but, Google takes our money and even sells our data to any bidder. Apple taking 30% is one thing and Google shamelessly taking and us bending down to it is another thing.