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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by FpUser on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:13PM (#24736244)
I guess I am spoiled by the Windows and Linux on PC and embedded on microcontrollers where as a developer I do what I want how I want. I did entertain the idea of porting some of my products to mobile but after reading their terms and conditions I decided not to get involved in those platforms. Way too much control over what I do. Waiting for either Linux becoming mainstream on mobile (likely never happens but who knows) and lately some stuff using browser as a platform becomes viable as well.
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by vbezhenar on Saturday October 10, 2020 @10:58AM (#24739408)
You can develop what you want and distribute your application outside of Google Play Store.
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by vaccinator on Saturday October 10, 2020 @02:05PM (#24740684)
It'd be nice if they would improve the search engine on F-Droid... often I have to use Google to find the app that I'm looking for
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by FpUser on Saturday October 10, 2020 @01:20PM (#24740376)
Good luck convincing average Joe Doe adopting that part
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by rbecker on Friday October 09, 2020 @11:59PM (#24736598)
> I did entertain the idea of porting some of my products to mobile but after reading their terms and conditions I decided not to get involved

Could you elaborate? Which mobile platforms demanded what sorts of conditions?

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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by FpUser on Saturday October 10, 2020 @03:35AM (#24737243)
I'll give you one example. They are in control of your very application existence on their platform. I can't have that. Other then that there are tons of things you can not do / discouraged from doing. You are free to read up on their relevant documentation. If you do develop on mobile you probably already know all of it way better than I do.
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Re:GPSLogger has been removed from the Play Store, and devel... by rbecker on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:03AM (#24737344)
> If you do develop on mobile you probably already know all of it way better than I do.

I don't, that's why I ask. And are these conditions only for being placed in Apple's/Google's app stores?

> You are free to read up on their relevant documentation.

I imagine there's a lot of it - I was hoping you'd spare me the effort.

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