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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by heavyset_go on Friday October 09, 2020 @09:28PM (#24736034)
There are, but Google put limitations in Android so that third parties can't implement all of the features the Play Store has. You can't implement automatic upgrades, background installation, or the batch installs that the Play Store provides.
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by izacus on Saturday October 10, 2020 @12:07AM (#24736625)
That's not true at all - Samsung, Huawei and other stores have the same feature set as Play store.
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by wmf on Saturday October 10, 2020 @12:24AM (#24736673)
I think the distinction is not Google vs. others but preinstalled (can do everything) vs. sideloaded (e.g. Epic/Amazon, can't do background install/update).
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by izacus on Saturday October 10, 2020 @12:31AM (#24736699)
Exactly - the store needs to be a privileged app. Unfortunately that will be fixed only in next iteration of Android :/
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by jokowueu on Saturday October 10, 2020 @10:06AM (#24739088)
Next iteration ?!

Do you have any sources . Thank you

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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by MereInterest on Saturday October 10, 2020 @12:20AM (#24736662)
Is that because users are free to install a different store, or because manufacturers are able to implement their own specially-privileged store as well?
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