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More utter idiocy from the Play Store policy people. Wow. It's almost like Google don't want people to develop on the Play Store. That's not a conspiracy, I'm
by fidotron 12y ago
More utter idiocy from the Play Store policy people. Wow.
It's almost like Google don't want people to develop on the Play Store. That's not a conspiracy, I'm putting it down to ineptitude.
For a long time I've wondered about starting something to take on the Play Store (and more viciously the Play Services library) and this might just be the kick to do it.
EDIT: btw, I'm entirely serious. If anyone is interested please contact me.
EDIT 2: Koushik Dutta posted this on G+: https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/fQh9pLw7Hj7 https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/fQh9pLw7...
I bet this is to do with them still being confused about who the merchant of sale in this situation is supposed to be and taking the easy way out, leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces.
- bsilvereagle 12y agoYou may want to take a look at F-Droid before launching a Play Store competitor: https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/
- fidotron 12y agoI'm aware of it, and it is good, but the key feature of app stores is that they are platforms on which people can make money. It also doesn't represent any sort of coherent product. About 50% of what I intend to do is to integrate a few of the things on it into a polished bundle, a bit like the way Android itself contains a few random other projects at a lower level.