[zkirill]

I hope that this is having an opposite effect where people are starting to step outside of the walled gardens to look for "the good stuff". Google pulled this shit with us too a few years ago by attempting to force us to share our signing keys. We ignored them and told our users to download the APK from our website instead which they happily did. Then, Google bumped the minimum API version and new versions of Android refused to launch apps that were not updated. Our users found workarounds before we did, by using some kind of obscure adb command. The new API bump introduced some needless asinine changes that seemed to exist just to please some PM at Google. Enough is enough.

[fatihpense]

App stores sometimes bring great discoverability and revenue opportunities. But if you don't have close connections working in related big companies, don't depend your future on it.

I categorically erased developing mobile apps from my work/dreams after my bad experience:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37903489#37911184

I also advise against it to people around me with my limited ability.