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Re:Google Play Dumps APKs for the More Google-Controlled “An... by shaftway on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:23PM (#27713545)
> I'm wondering why Google doesn't allow developers to build the optimizes APKs still

> Noone really used it

I think you answered your own question

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Re:Google Play Dumps APKs for the More Google-Controlled “An... by tut-urut-utut on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:36PM (#27713738)
How forbidding something that is not used makes sense?

They could still let the people who want to produce their own optimized APKs and sign them with their key just do it as before, while defaulting to whatever they plan to do now.

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