Re:Purism announces PureOS Store
by stonogo on Saturday January 19, 2019 @05:38PM
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> It's not diversionary: its neccessary. The lead question I see on alternate AOSP sites after how to make it work is "how do I get the google apps"
I'm not sure this is because they're in a big hurry to stuff themselves with apps. I think that a handful of apps like Uber, Whatsapp, etc are the drivers, and people want Google apps because none of these work on Android without Google Play Services.
I think people are less concerned with "apps" than these services, and if you could cover them, you wouldn't need an app store.
However, since the difference between an app store and a package management gui is the branding, I'm not so sure this is as big an engineering lift as the grandparent fears.
I'm not sure this is because they're in a big hurry to stuff themselves with apps. I think that a handful of apps like Uber, Whatsapp, etc are the drivers, and people want Google apps because none of these work on Android without Google Play Services.
I think people are less concerned with "apps" than these services, and if you could cover them, you wouldn't need an app store.
However, since the difference between an app store and a package management gui is the branding, I'm not so sure this is as big an engineering lift as the grandparent fears.