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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by irrational on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:48PM (#18151144)
>Ability to install apps from apks, & any store instead of only their own store.

I enjoy the ease of pirating apps on Android too.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by davchana on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:23PM (#18151412)
Agreed, but then there are other reasons for direct apk installing, like not willing to pay Play Store for publishing test apps, orlike tubemate, the apps which are not allowed at store.
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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by saagarjha on Friday October 05, 2018 @09:34PM (#18152991)
> I enjoy the ease of pirating apps on Android too.

This is an unfair characterization–am I a software pirate because I don't get all my apps from the App Store on macOS?

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by xvf22 on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:32PM (#18151485)
Third party APK installation implies piracy?
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