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i agree that you should be able to do whatever you want with you device. if you want to download malware or try to manage it all yourself, then you should be ab
by risho 6y ago
i agree that you should be able to do whatever you want with you device. if you want to download malware or try to manage it all yourself, then you should be able to do that. i think that out of the box, by default, having things managed by a package manager makes sense, especially for normies. this app store monopoly doesn't exist on android. you can very easily install fdroid or any other app store whenever you want. this issue does exist on ios though. if you would want to argue that alternative app stores or package managers should be front and center out of the box, I'd be more than fine with that as well.
- heavyset_go 6y ago> this app store monopoly doesn't exist on android. you can very easily install fdroid or any other app store whenever you want. This isn't true. Other app stores cannot compete with the Play Store on feature parity due to limitations Google put in Android. For example, F-Droid cannot implement background installation of apps, batch installations, or automatic upgrading without first having root.