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Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by nsriv on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:47AM (#27619282)
Not a fan of the Android apps installable and discoverable onto Windows...but through the Amazon appstore. Weird, and I'd much more prefer installing to PC from Google Play itself.
Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by jccalhoun on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:49AM (#27619338)
Probably not google because google wouldn't play ball. I wonder if users will be able to (easily) sideload android apps since not everything is in Amazon's app store and apps there are often not updated as often as the google play store version.
Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by nsriv on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:55AM (#27619426)
Right, that was my assumption too. Sideloading would be my way around, but I'm guessing there may be some runtime signing or containerizing involved as well, else every Android vulnerability just became a Windows vulnerability.
Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by yellowfish on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:55AM (#27619429)
I think amazon's appstore is free of google play services which could be a big reason
Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by fooey on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:30PM (#27619938)
Not having google play services is a big reason the amazon store is a barren wasteland
Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by jannes on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:55AM (#27619441)
Do you really think Google would allow that?
Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by nsriv on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:51PM (#27620298)
Honestly, yes. Someone else mentioned Google Play Services being a probable point of contention. Overall, with Surface Duo, Microsoft Launcher and Google's work towards making Flutter along with the leverage and developer interest they'd gain through having the Windows install base using the Play Store, it seems like a fair relationship.