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From the start google has allowed alternative app stores on android, samsung phones come with the samsung app store installed by default and there are many, for
by pmx 4y ago
From the start google has allowed alternative app stores on android, samsung phones come with the samsung app store installed by default and there are many, for example f-droid you can install yourself.
- Isinlor 4y agoNow they will be forced to allow them on Google Play directly with user-friendly install.
- dathinab 4y agoBut not through the existing app store, you have to go through what google termed "side-loading" which was pushed to be seen as "very dangerous thing no one should ever do no matter what"
- otikik 4y agoI owned 2 Samsungs and that wasn’t possible on any of them. Either it wasn’t “from the start”, or it wasn’t on all models, or it involved rooting the phone first, which voids the warranty, at which point I wouldn’t count that as “allowed”.