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by chungus_khan 1954 days ago
> Obviously you must not be aware that Android is not the leading platform in terms of app sales.

Both are still in the range of tens of billions of dollars. If one is worthwhile the other is too. Android is also by far the leader in number of actual users, which is what matters most to companies like Facebook.

The sideloading process is harder than just installing an app. Most users do not know how to do it and have no interest in doing it.

Google does not allow third party app stores to be distributed via their app store, and I assume Apple would do the same.

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> Google does not allow third party app stores to be distributed via their app store, and I assume Apple would do the same.

This seems like an unreasonable assumption.

Apple wouldn’t allow alternative app stores at all.

We’re talking about them being forced to allow them. I.e. it’s not Apples choice.

Why would anyone forcing Apple to allow alternative stores permit them to make it too difficult for regular users to do?