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Established by whom? Many people host their apps on Google Play just so they don't subject their users to warnings about "installing apps from unknown sources" and for convenient updating.

> user engagement and revenue stream

Well, if you're making an app for the sole purpose of making charts go up...



A sizeable portion of Android users are not technology savvy, the "installing apps from unknown sources" message will deter some of them.

>Well, if you're making an app for the sole purpose of making charts go up...

Unless the app is a hobby project, most people would put maximizing their potential revenue stream and marketability of their product as a high priority.


Depends on your motive. Some people just make useful apps with no motivation beyond that.

Discussions about the old Internet made me go back to developing and using the web like its 1999. It's quite liberating.

If the tool is good it doesn't need the crap stores to hoist it up. I could care less about the tech unsavy.




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