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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by pjmlp on Monday January 26, 2026 @07:42AM (#46764946)
Since Android has 70% of the world market share, and there are countries where iOS is hardly a presence other than the country's elite population, those are quite a few customers they will be missing on.

Maybe they can keep the lights on with those 30%, I guess.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by mghackerlady on Monday January 26, 2026 @12:54PM (#46769049)
The thing is, iOS users are far more likely to actually pay for something on the app store or pay to remove ads
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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by pjmlp on Monday January 26, 2026 @01:29PM (#46769545)
Thing is, many countries hardly have iOS users, yet they still have a local economy to serve.
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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by password1 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @02:48PM (#46904189)
Usually businesses that make money out of mobile apps are very data driven, I promise you that if they could make more money from Android they would already been doing it. They still have an Android offering, but it's underinvested because it brings less money.
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