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Re:A top-grossing scam on the App Store by FalconSensei on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:37PM (#26798915)
> And if side-loading was alowed then every big player whose app users "have to have", e.g. Google, Facebook, Abobe, Zoom, Epic, would start their own independent app store (or distribution just for their apps).

That didn't happen on Android. But at least on android you can download the apk from github, or use f-droid

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Re:A top-grossing scam on the App Store by coldtea on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:26PM (#26800202)
>That didn't happen on Android.

Epic did it on Android (they pointed to their own source for Fortnite).

For others, there's no need, like there is on iOS. E.g.:

Google doesn't need to build their own Android app store, they control the main one already!

Facebook doesn't need to do it, as Google is not as strict with app privacy constraints as Apple is.

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Re:A top-grossing scam on the App Store by skinnymuch on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @08:55AM (#26806391)
Fortnite folded. It wasn’t working out for them well enough.
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