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[Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/policy/2024/10/7/24243316/epic-google-permanent-injunction-ruling-third-party-stores)
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[Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/policy/2024/10/7/24243316/epic-google-permanent-injunction-ruling-third-party-stores)
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[Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/policy/2024/10/7/24243316/epic-google-permanent-injunction-ruling-third-party-stores)
Forgive my great ignorance, but how does big bad google's practices differ from apple's today?
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Android has always allowed non-Play Store applications to be loaded. It's just not as easy to do.
obermd wrote:
It's just not as easy to do.
Just as an FYI, it was super easy. I loved it when I was doing a lot of Android dev, because you could just generate an APK and drop it onto your phone and it would install (sideload). I even figured out how to install Amazon apps onto Kindle & grab the APKs so I could just drop them directly onto my Android phone. Also, I wanted Google Docs on my Amazone Kindle pad but couldn't get it without Google Play so I figured out how to grab all those APKs too. Seriously, it was quite easy. Now I have an iPhone & you really can't do that at all. Luckily iPhone supports all those apps I had to do all that work for -- even Google Docs.
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obermd wrote:
It's just not as easy to do.
Just as an FYI, it was super easy. I loved it when I was doing a lot of Android dev, because you could just generate an APK and drop it onto your phone and it would install (sideload). I even figured out how to install Amazon apps onto Kindle & grab the APKs so I could just drop them directly onto my Android phone. Also, I wanted Google Docs on my Amazone Kindle pad but couldn't get it without Google Play so I figured out how to grab all those APKs too. Seriously, it was quite easy. Now I have an iPhone & you really can't do that at all. Luckily iPhone supports all those apps I had to do all that work for -- even Google Docs.