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		jedberg on Feb 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple fails to block porn and gambling “enterprise... No but you can release an Android app without Google. You can't release an Apple app without Apple.

darkpuma on Feb 12, 2019 [–]

Exactly. You can distribute raw APKs. You can put your app on FDroid. You can put your app on the Amazon Appstore. You can create your own appstore to compete with Google's and Amazon's and FDroid.

There are a lot of problems with Android, but an appstore monopoly isn't one of them.

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