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Google makes it aggressively difficult to install third party app stores, full of scary warnings that it compromises the security of your device. They also thre
by ocdtrekkie 4y ago
Google makes it aggressively difficult to install third party app stores, full of scary warnings that it compromises the security of your device. They also threaten/pressure any OEM that thinks about including their own or a third party app store.
If it was that simple, Epic Games wouldn't have risked their entire mobile footprint suing them and Apple over it.
- tssva 4y agoI always hear this about Google making it difficult and scary but that has never been my experience. There are a couple of warnings when you 1st install an app through a 3rd party app store but I wouldn't classify them close to be aggressive or overly scary.
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoI would emphasize that a scary warning for the average Android user is not necessarily a scary warning for the average HN user. Google is well aware of this difference, and absolutely has ensured it's scary for the former.