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there is user choice in app stores. that's literally why f-droid exists. of course google play gets preferred treatment on a pixel phone. that's what happens
by notatoad 4y ago
there is user choice in app stores. that's literally why f-droid exists.
of course google play gets preferred treatment on a pixel phone. that's what happens when you own the platform - you get to prefer your app store. but other stores do exist and you can use them if you want. in what way is that not user choice?
- mid-kid 4y agoAside from the backup/restore functionality mentioned by the parent post, there's no way for them to do automatic updates or get similar system privileges like play store does, restricting a lot of functionality that play store can provide.
- Hitton 4y agoAfaik the updates are possible since Android 12, it's one of the reasons I'm planning to update soon.