Re:App store bill sails out of Senate Judiciary Committee
by toast0 on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:02AM
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Amazon has an android app store, there's the f-droid one, all the companies selling android phones in china have their own, I think. Samsung has/had something, IIRC (maybe that was just for Gear VR though). Not a huge reason to have 6 on one phone though.
On PC, there's Microsoft's store. Amazon sells software downloads online, and I don't think they're the only ones. Lots of game stores of course. You can also buy software in actual stores, although that's less common, and sometimes it's just a big box with a download code.
But yeah, your take on sideloading seems reasonable. You don't need to do it. I ran a windows phone for years, it's fine to not have apps (and it's less fine to not have a good browser, but if Safari lingers enough, it'd be nice if you could sideload something else)
Re:App store bill sails out of Senate Judiciary Committee
by KerrAvon on Thursday February 03, 2022 @09:52PM
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That’s because Android users are cheap! There’s no money in it. Is Google actually making money off their App Store yet?
Re:App store bill sails out of Senate Judiciary Committee
by simondotau on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:11AM
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The reason why there aren’t 6 stores on Android is that Google hasn’t been forced by law to roll out the red carpet for alternative stores.
Don't want to sideload? Then don't. Only buy apps from the app store on mac and pc and android and iPhone. And don't hit me with "But what if XYZ takes their app out of the app store and goes sideloading only?!" Well then don't install their app, it's that simple. If the logic is if you want to sideload get an android phone, then the same should be applied to sideloading in general. Don't want to sideload? Then don't.