Comment by GeekyBear
8 months ago
The issue is app distribution outside of the first party app stores.
One one hand we have an official policy announcement from Google, and on the other hand we have speculation about why one developer is having issues distributing one app.
Speculation is not on the same level as an official policy.
Historically speaking, has Apple sided with developers or themselves in such cases?
Historically speaking, Apple didn't allow side loading at all.
The EU changed the laws within their jurisdiction to require third party app store availability.
Historically speaking, Google made claims that Android would allow you to run anything you like (they didn't even have their own app store at first), and also that Android was open source.
They have incrementally been rolling back those stances ever since.
Yes and next year they're going to sign APKs even outside the app store so it's going to be almost the same situation as for Apple in the EU
At the time saurik wrote Cydia, Apple's App Store didn't exist, either.
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