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by dogma1138 3719 days ago
Because Aptoide is a European company and it launched the complaint which started this whole thing.

This absurdity happened because Google isn't outright blocking 3rd party apps and app stores outright.

It does has some restrictions which resulted in Google Play not being available on Kindle devices, and market apps can't be hosted on the Play Store but it leaves them enough room to actually be some what viable which means that companies exist that can cry foul.

This is basically a case of give them a finger and they take the whole hand.