• doctortran@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Yes they will. This tool would force users to always use the Play Store which would increase the download count on their app, which would help its ranking in the Play Store. Every last single developer is incentivized to use this.

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      4 months ago

      On the other hand though, the amount of people who sideload free apps is very small because that’s only really interesting for people with degoogled smartphones.