[lol768]

I believe the Play store is treated 'special' though - F-Droid can't install apps in the same way unless you're rooted and install the priv-app.

[zmmmmm]

On a phone licensing the Play Store sure. But on a Huawei phone free of those restrictions they can make it use any store they want without any special restrictions. Of course, it becomes a question what that means for security, but still.

[josinalvo]

I did not root my phone yet, and I install apps with f-droid just fine. The only thing I had to do, if I recall correctly, was enabling third party apps instalation

[lol768]

Try it again and watch the process closely. You'll get an additional prompt when you use F-Droid that doesn't appear with the Play store.

[josinalvo]

Indeed there is an extra confirmation step, and it freezes some processes (specifically, those that alter the screen, like red shifters)

[bluGill]

That seems like a violation of anit-trustlaws. I'm surprised the FSF hasn't pursued this route against google.