[ffpip]

Even if an app is banned from the play store, the developer can distribute it through f-droid. Even if an app is banned from the F-droid main repository, its developers can distribute it through their own F-droid repository Even if the app is banned from their own f-droid repository, the dev can distribute his source code and users can build the app with Android Studio. Even if Google bans your Android Studio account, you can use another compiler. Even if the internet bans you, you can mail the code via a handwritten letter to your users, who will copy the code line by line and build it using their own compiler.

[BubuIIC]

Alternative repositories are a first-class feature of F-Droid. Alternative app stores aren't really a first class feature of Android (though they are obviously possible, in contrast to iOS)

> bans your Android Studio account

Don't give them ideas. (there's thankfully no such thing as an Android Studio account)

[ffpip]

> there's thankfully no such thing as an Android Studio account

I meant Google Account. Isn't a google account necessary for anything on developer.android.com? Sorry if I am wrong. Any url on that domain used to redirect me to a Google Login page.

Well, atleast you have to accept a Google TOS.

[BubuIIC]

A google account is not required for using the android SDK.

You have to agree with the TOS if you download the prebuilt SDK from google, yes. Building the SDK from source is unfortunately quite hard but Debian has made some progress with this.