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That's disingenuous - 99.99% of Anrdoid users have no idea what an "APK" is. Sideloading might as well not exist - nobody but a tiny subset of nerds would even
by m0zg 5y ago
That's disingenuous - 99.99% of Anrdoid users have no idea what an "APK" is. Sideloading might as well not exist - nobody but a tiny subset of nerds would even notice.
- londons_explore 5y agoI think you're wrong here. A reasonable chunk of android users seem to have at least one sideloaded app. Usually thats something like a "free spotify without ads" or "hacked snapchat so you can save screenshots".
- grishka 5y agoAnd it's also when iOS users find out that they can't install arbitrary apps on their devices, not without jailbreaking.
- grishka 5y agoOne might not know that's it's called an apk, but among non-tech people around me, it's a well-known fact that you can download Android apps through the browser and install them. Also: - The "Files by Google" app on my Pixel has the "apps" category, that opens a screen with 2 tabs, one of them is "app install files (APKs)" - The "my files" app on my Galaxy S9 has the "installation files" category that says "APK" on the icon So it's not like anyone is hiding the existence of apks from Android users.
- post_break 5y agoDoesn't DJI force you to sideload? And for a time Fortnite did too so that's a huge chunk of people.
- Steltek 5y agoI don't see what your point here is. Apple forces developers to do something. Google does not. Information on alternative Android app stores is trivial to come across. They're just not very popular or worthwhile because Google isn't a crazed overbearing dictatorship like Apple. You can go implement whatever payment/notification/clone-of-stock-app/browser app you want and no one will stop you. IIRC, you don't even need to pay Google a yearly fee to be a developer, unlike Apple's greedy rent seeking.