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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by PhasmaFelis on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:58AM (#20829049)
> Both the App Store and Google Play stores I think are basically illegal monopolies. I should be able to install whatever app I want, without having to jailbreak my phone and deal with warranty nonsense from the manufacturer. Just like my computer, which I can also install whatever software I want on it.

Is Google Play doing that now? It used to be that you just had to change an option in settings to "allow third-party software" or something and you could install anything you wanted. It was necessary for the Humble Bundle Android app, among other things. That was years ago, though.

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by HillaryBriss on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:55AM (#20830611)
A developer can install any apk using the adb tool from a command line. Jailbreaking the phone is not required.
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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by efreak on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:18PM (#20834268)
ADB/command line is also not required unless you need to do more than simply install an app. You can open an apk directly on an Android device and be prompted to install it (provided you haven't associated apk files to be always opened with an app other than package installer)
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