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0 pointsdwaite4y ago0 comments

> If you sell an app on an alternative store, how do you get the average person to install it?

Usually a button next to the "Google Play Store" and "Apple App Store" buttons?

If the developer feels they have to support some store's users themselves with installation and troubleshooting, they should just get their own app side loaded and maintain a direct relationship.

I wouldn't expect Microsoft to give me directions to a Best Buy to pick up Office 365.

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bogwog4y ago

I think you misunderstood my comment.

> they should just get their own app side loaded and maintain a direct relationship.

How do you get the average person to sideload an app? Whether it's a store or a single app, Google Play will always have an unfair advantage.

emodendroket4y ago

You'd go to the manufacturer and convince them to bundle your app store I guess.

bogwog4y ago

Epic tried to do that, but Google made secret deals with OEMs offering them a cut of play store revenue if they don’t (https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632806/google-epic-prem...)

Part of the deal was that they couldn’t tell anyone about it without Google’s permission. So when you get a rejection from an OEM after you offer to bundle your store, you don’t get an explanation.

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bogwog4y ago

I think you misunderstood my comment.

> they should just get their own app side loaded and maintain a direct relationship.

How do you get the average person to sideload an app? Whether it's a store or a single app, Google Play will always have an unfair advantage.

emodendroket4y ago

You'd go to the manufacturer and convince them to bundle your app store I guess.

bogwog4y ago

Epic tried to do that, but Google made secret deals with OEMs offering them a cut of play store revenue if they don’t (https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632806/google-epic-prem...)

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