I’m still shocked that steam isn’t even present. They probably could manage to add it. Maybe arm versions for windows and Linux too. Maybe some magic to make it work with Linux natives? Just saying
Comment on Why my apps will soon be gone from the Google Play Store
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Google has to manage a lot of huge companies’ software, so while it sucks for the little guy, and Google could definitely be better about it, it’s sort of understandable.
What we need are more and smaller independent (paid) app stores. Honestly, I’m shocked there aren’t way more. We have the Google Store, Samsung Store, Amazon store and…that’s it?
No one else wants a part of this multi-billion dollar industry? No itch.io Android appstore? No Humble? No GreenMan?
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 week ago
madis@lemm.ee 1 week ago
There are plenty of repositories for F-Droid, and from what I’ve heard, also for Aptoide.
That said, it is not really beneficial for most companies to compete with Google Play since they know the user base will be smaller, user experience will be worse (install warnings, no auto-update), and people may get affected by malware if they don’t pay attention to where they are downloading things from (may download a scam app directly instead of the legit app store).
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 week ago
I said paid.
Of course it is. The reasons are detailed in the OP.