Curing Our Slack Addiction

Re:Curing Our Slack Addiction by phillc73 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @08:44AM (#11533924)

Hadn't heard of Fleep before, but thought immediately that it might solve one use case for me.

After checking the pricing (good), if there was a self-hosted version (no, but maybe not a deal breaker) I looked for the Android app installer. Only available from Google Play Store. Unfortunately, that kills Fleep for me.

Please consider making your app directly downloadable and not reliant on Google Play Services.

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Re:Curing Our Slack Addiction by j_s on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @12:25PM (#11535550)

As I'm sure you know, .apk files can be downloaded using a computer without Google Play Services being on the phone.

https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-download-apk-file-from-goo...

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Re:Curing Our Slack Addiction by jqgatsby on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @10:43AM (#11534734)

Why is this a requirement?

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Re:Curing Our Slack Addiction by phillc73 on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:08AM (#11534943)

I don't have Goggle Play Services installed on my phone and am not going to do so.

I understand why companies want their apps in the "Store" for discovery purposes. However, I don't understand why they won't provide an alternative direct download.

I do have F-Droid installed, but I appreciate companies may not want to open source their app. No problem, but I also won't be forced to install Google Play just to obtain it.

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Re:Curing Our Slack Addiction by janekm on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @10:46PM (#11539299)

The Google Play store is also not accessible in China, an no doubt a few other countries, so it's just sensible to provide an alternative download anyway...

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