Comment by bad_user
11 years ago
Oh, come on, putting a 20 MB binary somewhere is cheap and easy.
I think developers don't put APKs anywhere else because they think they won't have an audience for those anyway. But it's a pity anyway. For example Humble Bundle packs with Android games were quite successful and the distribution method was through download links.
I agree that it is a pity. When/if I get around to developing Android apps, I will be definitely distributing packages that way.
However, I would like to point out that the Humble Bundle packs, while available via download links, also is available for download using a Humble Bundle app that acts like a package manager. I don't know how much that would change things, success-wise, but I thought it was worth noting.