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Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/26302348

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The difference here from my understanding of what I read was that you could now open the Google Play Store and type "fdroid" and the fdroid app could be installed with the single install button.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yea that's exactly it, no more side loading needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess my only question is what then happens when you want to disable the Google Play Store and Google Play Services. Mind you, anybody who uses custom ROMs and such likely does not sign into the Google accounts anyway, so would not be able to download a third-party app store from the Google Play Store because they refuse to sign in. And Google Play requires sign in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Nothing different. You download the F-Droid APK and install it just like you do today.