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Why would Google be affected? They don't restrict third party apps the way Apple does. Anybody can publish Android apps, you don't have to pay Google a cent to
by rchaud 2y ago
Why would Google be affected? They don't restrict third party apps the way Apple does. Anybody can publish Android apps, you don't have to pay Google a cent to do it either.
- 9cb14c1ec0 2y agoThat's true, but any app not on Google Pay has very limited discoverability by most Android users.
- silenced_trope 2y agoRight? As an Android dev I'm growing tiresome of this "Google doesn't restrict anything" argument. The number of Android users that even know what f-droid is is less than 1%. The Play Store is the only option.
- Ajedi32 2y agoI'd argue Google doesn't owe you "discoverability". You're absolutely free to sell your app to users with no involvement from Google. If you want Google to help you advertise and distribute your app then I see nothing wrong with them imposing some conditions on that. This is unlike how Apple does things where they literally block your app from running on your customer's devices unless you get Apple's approval (and pay them), and there's no option whatsoever to cut them out of that process.
- 9cb14c1ec0 2y agoSome of us Android devs would argue that literally blocking an app from running is little different than building an ecosystem designed to minimize non-Google Play methods of distribution.