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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by slrz on Saturday February 09, 2019 @06:26PM (#19125381)
I'd guess most of them, if you actually consider the whole world.

Probably not enough to matter, if you are only looking at the UK.

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by efreak on Saturday February 09, 2019 @10:48PM (#19126269)
Actually, alternative app stores can make use of that as well. The installer app needs to be installed as a system app with proper permissions, and it will them be able to background install apps on demand just like Google play does. The F-Droid Privileged Extension[0] does just that. While you need to be rooted to add/register such apps, that's not a problem for device manufacturers.

[0] https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension/

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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by zifnab06 on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:06AM (#19127146)
As of Oreo Google doesn't allow this for devices if they're to pass CTS without users jumping through multiple hoops first.
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Re:Google terminated our business via our Google Play Develo... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday February 09, 2019 @10:38PM (#19126247)
Oh, good point. I forgot about China.
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