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[Q] Market and Tegra Games

I have tried everything I can find, the tegra games just do not show up at all. Market is REALLY limited (Korea, so basically no games, on my SGS Market Enabler fixed that fine). I've tried all alternative markets with no luck, getJar was the only one to show it but just linked to the market.
I've tried proxy, it seems to have given me the US market (at least things look different), but the tegra games (just want to try the free ones to see how it is) don't show up. If I use the link from the tegra app it gives me the download option but says not available on my carrier (without using proxy it tells me not available in my country). I tried using market enabler and proxy, but still the same message (tried a few different options).
Please help, this is unbelievably irritating.

Have you tried market enabler on your TF? I don't see why it wouldn't work. Have you tried looking in your build.prop? There maybe a way to change what your location is.

if you are rooted you can flash a US version of the device.

SwiftLegend said:
Have you tried market enabler on your TF? I don't see why it wouldn't work. Have you tried looking in your build.prop? There maybe a way to change what your location is.
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ThEiiNoCeNT said:
if you are rooted you can flash a US version of the device.
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Does noone actually read before they respond?
@SwiftLegend Yes I tried Market Enabler, I only mentioned using it twice in 7 sentences.
@ThEiiNoCeNT Besides the fact that it is a US Transformer, that has absolutely NOTHING to do with my problem. You obviously have no idea how Market works, and should probably refrain from answering questions related to things you do not understand.

The Tegra apps are in the NVIDIA TegraZone Market app
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nvidia.tegrazone

wow, you're so nice.
valsacar said:
Does noone actually read before they respond?
@SwiftLegend Yes I tried Market Enabler, I only mentioned using it twice in 7 sentences.
@ThEiiNoCeNT Besides the fact that it is a US Transformer, that has absolutely NOTHING to do with my problem. You obviously have no idea how Market works, and should probably refrain from answering questions related to things you do not understand.
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Plan a vacation to a country which is already supported by the market, say japan, and download to your heart's content free and paid apps from the market.
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?answer=138294
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?answer=150324

valsacar said:
Does noone actually read before they respond?
@SwiftLegend Yes I tried Market Enabler, I only mentioned using it twice in 7 sentences.
@ThEiiNoCeNT Besides the fact that it is a US Transformer, that has absolutely NOTHING to do with my problem. You obviously have no idea how Market works, and should probably refrain from answering questions related to things you do not understand.
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Didn't see that. Since you wanna be nasty, I have a simple solution for you, move someplace else. (had a nastier way of saying this that involved a few curses, but i decided not to say it.)

ondoy1943 said:
Plan a vacation to a country which is already supported by the market, say japan, and download to your heart's content free and paid apps from the market.
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?answer=138294
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?answer=150324
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Great answer, unfortunately not a valid one since South Korea is on both of those lists.
Turns out, proxy lets me see games (games are blocked here, unless they've gone through the Korean rating system) but downloading any of them gives the same "Not available on your carrier." which is better than before getting "Not available in your country." at least.

I got it to work. First I stopped Market and cleared all data/cache for it, then I removed all google accounts and turned off any location finding services. Then I turned on orbot (Tor) using strict exit nodes (a list of US exit nodes that I put in). Started Market up entered my google account when prompted, and I had full access... slow as hell, but was able to get anything I wanted downloaded. Will probably need to repeat for any updates, but it works.

I really don't see the point of restricting games and apps by countries. It works back when movies and music need local distributor and it is a way of giving them exclusive rights. Now everything could be done through the internet bypassing these third parties. So what is the reason they are limiting them by countries?

Please correct me if I'm wrong OP, but i think they do it as a means of censoring which games are allowe into the country, possibly filtering out violent, or other parts of games, or maybe its just a more strict version of the ESRB, so little kiddies dont get games they shouldn't get, or there may be a way of fining people who distribute it to them?

Actually, it's just that Google doesn't support purchasing apps in certain countries. If anyone remembers, you had to donate to the dev of LauncherPro Plus via paypal, and then he'd give you a code to use to unlock it in the app itself, because Spain wasn't supported. Think it has to do with currency conversions, and Google not being big enough yet for countries to accept them. If you think about it, having a 1 USD app costing 1072 Korean Won is kinda unfair looking.

Eutherin said:
Please correct me if I'm wrong OP, but i think they do it as a means of censoring which games are allowe into the country, possibly filtering out violent, or other parts of games, or maybe its just a more strict version of the ESRB, so little kiddies dont get games they shouldn't get, or there may be a way of fining people who distribute it to them?
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It's really simple, they haven't gone through the Korean version of the ESRB and therefore are not allowed to be distributed. Which effectively means only Korean ones (also have their own app store, in addition to the official one) can be sold in Korea.
SwiftLegend said:
Actually, it's just that Google doesn't support purchasing apps in certain countries. If anyone remembers, you had to donate to the dev of LauncherPro Plus via paypal, and then he'd give you a code to use to unlock it in the app itself, because Spain wasn't supported. Think it has to do with currency conversions, and Google not being big enough yet for countries to accept them. If you think about it, having a 1 USD app costing 1072 Korean Won is kinda unfair looking.
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Korea is one of the supported countries, so not sure how that applies here. Having a 1USD app cost 1072 KRW is perfectly fair (in reality and looks), that's what 1USD is worth (give or take).

Google play will take over Market

Hi all,
Check this out
https://play.google.com/store

Soo... this is the Android Market with a new name (removing "Android") that is meant to be used on all devices, with Android Apps being 3rd in the list of things you can buy. Oh, and they have an iOS app now to slowly siphon their users once they buy stuff.
Also, does anyone know what tablet this is?
https://play.google.com/about/images/features-5-1.png

buhohitr said:
Hi all,
Check this out
https://play.google.com/store
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Im not sure about this Google Play? I dont really get it.. They changed the name of Google Music..How will it take over Market?

jager420 said:
Im not sure about this Google Play? I dont really get it.. They changed the name of Google Music..How will it take over Market?
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Google on Tuesday introduced Google Play, a cloud-based service formed from the merger of Android Market, Google Music, and Google eBookstore. It's Google's take on Apple's iTunes Store, with a dash of iCloud.
More details:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/development/mobility/232602115

Just got it.
Edit: I haven't been able to upload my screenshots through the app, have to go on pc
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buhohitr said:
Google on Tuesday introduced Google Play, a cloud-based service formed from the merger of Android Market, Google Music, and Google eBookstore. It's Google's take on Apple's iTunes Store, with a dash of iCloud.
More details:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/development/mobility/232602115
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I read the article and TBH I still dont get it. Nothing new that I didn't know. Does Google want more people to know about its Market features? I really just dont get what they merged? The market looks the same on my phone as it did before. The market via pc browser didnt change either, so I dont know what the big fuss is.. If someone can explain so my retarded ass gets it that would be much appreciated..

jager420 said:
I read the article and TBH I still dont get it. Nothing new that I didn't know. Does Google want more people to know about its Market features? I really just dont get what they merged? The market looks the same on my phone as it did before. The market via pc browser didnt change either, so I dont know what the big fuss is.. If someone can explain so my retarded ass gets it that would be much appreciated..
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OK, I'm going to give this a shot:
1. "The unified store as an effort to eliminate the hassle of moving files between computers and syncing devices."
2. "Google Play is entirely cloud-based so all your music, movies, books, and apps are stored online, always available to you, and you never have to worry about losing them or moving them again,"
3. Compete with Itune store.
4. The interface maybe similar to Market, but the way they store their content and how you retrieve them and the anywhere/anyplace availability is the key.
Example1 for item 1: You have 1000 songs store on your SD card and you back them up in your PC. 2 days later you down load 20 more songs from the Market but using your PC, now you need to sync these songs to your phone. Nope, not with Google play, all your songs are stored online, you can sync these songs directly to your phone.(eliminate the hassle of moving files between computers and syncing devices.

buhohitr said:
OK, I'm going to give this a shot:
2. "Google Play is entirely cloud-based so all your music, movies, books, and apps are stored online, always available to you, and you never have to worry about losing them or moving them again,"
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My music was cloud based. I dont know about movies or books because I never bought so I couldnt tell you. It just seems to me that they are highlighting features that have always been there..

jager420 said:
My music was cloud based. I dont know about movies or books because I never bought so I couldnt tell you. It just seems to me that they are highlighting features that have always been there..
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That's the whole idea, it will work for everyone. In your case only music cloud base, other people may have movies or books or what ever. With Google play, it's one place cloud storage. How about other items that I listed??

Hindle1225 said:
Just got it.
Edit: I haven't been able to upload my screenshots through the app, have to go on pc
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NICE! I know most of ppl think this is stupid but I think Google is making a right move. But if they don't keep up, they will fall behind and so is their business.

buhohitr said:
NICE! I know most of ppl think this is stupid but I think Google is making a right move. But if they don't keep up, they will fall behind and so is their business.
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Google is continuing they're progression. Setting themselves up to be the future one stop shop for communication and entertainment.
I like to watch it unfold but I don't care for how invasive Google will eventually be with our information. In Europe you can send Google a letter asking them for all your history with Google services. One gentleman had 15,000 pages sent to him from Google. Google isn't legally obligated to do so in the US.
I'm done rambling now
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if your phone is rooted, it will not allow you to rent movies straight to your phone. I was able to get it start playing when I put the browser into desktop mode on the link it posts, but it just keeps loading. Anyone have any suggestions?

If you are rooted, DO NOT USE GOOGLE PLAY MOVIES.
Google does not allow movies to play on rooted phones, citing licensing issues (though I'm not really sure what having root access has to do with pirating movies).
If you have bought or rented a movie that you haven't watched yet, you can submit a support ticket requesting a refund. I got my refund within a few hours of complaining, so at least they're good about that.
In protest, I will no longer be making any music, movie, or book purchases from Google. I also changed all my privacy settings for my Google account to be least beneficial to Google (ie: no customized ads, etc). I'd like to see all root users that are pissed off by this move do the same. It seems perhaps Google doesn't realize just how many of us there are.

kakistocrat said:
If you are rooted, DO NOT USE GOOGLE PLAY MOVIES.
Google does not allow movies to play on rooted phones, citing licensing issues (though I'm not really sure what having root access has to do with pirating movies).
If you have bought or rented a movie that you haven't watched yet, you can submit a support ticket requesting a refund. I got my refund within a few hours of complaining, so at least they're good about that.
In protest, I will no longer be making any music, movie, or book purchases from Google. I also changed all my privacy settings for my Google account to be least beneficial to Google (ie: no customized ads, etc). I'd like to see all root users that are pissed off by this move do the same. It seems perhaps Google doesn't realize just how many of us there are.
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...you buy your media?
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kakistocrat said:
If you are rooted, DO NOT USE GOOGLE PLAY MOVIES.
Google does not allow movies to play on rooted phones, citing licensing issues (though I'm not really sure what having root access has to do with pirating movies).
If you have bought or rented a movie that you haven't watched yet, you can submit a support ticket requesting a refund. I got my refund within a few hours of complaining, so at least they're good about that.
In protest, I will no longer be making any music, movie, or book purchases from Google. I also changed all my privacy settings for my Google account to be least beneficial to Google (ie: no customized ads, etc). I'd like to see all root users that are pissed off by this move do the same. It seems perhaps Google doesn't realize just how many of us there are.
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That's been the case since Google allowed movie renting on their store. Honestly, I don't think it's Google's choice. The movie studios probably have a strong voice when it came to this choice. I'm guessing the movie studios believe that if you're rooted, it'd be easier to get passed the DRM they put in place.
I honestly don't care since I don't watch movies from the Play Store. The majority of Android users most likely never root their phones, thus they don't "lose out" on this option.
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rooted nook color
my nook color has a rooted sd card which has unlocked my 'reader' to so much more. Google Play marks most applications as incompatible, how can I change to something that Google play see as compatible? Other markets will load apps which work, but lately many apps are only available from Google Play. Suggestions anyone?

myhilo said:
my nook color has a rooted sd card which has unlocked my 'reader' to so much more. Google Play marks most applications as incompatible, how can I change to something that Google play see as compatible? Other markets will load apps which work, but lately many apps are only available from Google Play. Suggestions anyone?
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This is the Droid Charge forum. The Nook Color forum would be a much better place to ask that question.

I like how Google Play just introduced its first physical product, the GSM Galaxy Nexus. $400 out of contract. Damn.
I paid $300 for the Charge and it isn't even listed on the software update slides leaked recently. I hope Google goes with another company instead of Samsung for their next Nexus phone.
As for the Charge, I still like it, but wish I could add ram and a bigger flashdisk to it.

svzurich said:
I like how Google Play just introduced its first physical product, the GSM Galaxy Nexus. $400 out of contract. Damn.
I paid $300 for the Charge and it isn't even listed on the software update slides leaked recently. I hope Google goes with another company instead of Samsung for their next Nexus phone.
As for the Charge, I still like it, but wish I could add ram and a bigger flashdisk to it.
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I heard moto might come up with the next google phone, not sure if will keep the nexus name.
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So long as I can get a version using Verizon's unlimited LTE plan, SOLD!

[APP] My apps banned from Play Store back online

Hi all,
I had a few apps on the Play Store some months ago, which got removed after Google decided to ban me from the Play Store for who knows what reason. Apparently the cause was the "sexy" nature of the apps, which still doesn't explain why my app got kicked out and so many apps that are much worse than mine still live there.
Well, anyway, I've decided to put them all back online on a website for users to download, so if you're interested in them feel free to download them and give me some feedback! All the apps have a brief descriptions and screenshots:
drfeelgoodsw . appspot . com (sorry, being a newbie no link allowed...)​
They're all apps to quickly access galleries of well known sexy and gossip websites (Front Magazine, The Sun Page 3, Egotastic and so on), and they all allow you to mark those galleries as favourites, save them on your SD card, etc. Nothing fancy but I hope you'll enjoy them nevertheless! If you have any suggestion on how to improve them, or just know some other website you'd like a similar app to be made for, I'd love to hear it from you

They must have been deleted again because nothing comes up in a search for them
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sixfearstheseven said:
They must have been deleted again because nothing comes up in a search for them
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Sorry, I should have been clearer... by "back online" I actually meant they were available again on the web page I created for the purpose, not on the Play Store. I tried publishing them on Android PIT after they were removed from the Play Store, but that only lasted a few weeks, as apparently Android PIT only hosts apps that are also on the Play Store (quite silly of them, considering they're supposed to be an alternative market, but anyway...). I'm looking for other markets to publish the apps on, but until then the apps are available for download on the page I linked in my previous post. Those apps automatically look for updates using a JSON string on the same page, so updates should be easy to keep track of even without a Market in place.

No feedback? Either the apps are perfect the way they are, or they really suck!!

DrFeelgoodSW said:
No feedback? Either the apps are perfect the way they are, or they really suck!!
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Also, I suspect that people are getting a bit wary of sideloading apks when they could be malware. That's unfortunately a level of trust you lost when you were banned from the play store.

cyansmoker said:
Also, I suspect that people are getting a bit wary of sideloading apks when they could be malware. That's unfortunately a level of trust you lost when you were banned from the play store.
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Oh, I hadn't thought about that...
Well, if that can help, I can post a screenshot of the mail from Google describing their exact reason why I got banned, which had nothing to do with malicious behaviour in my app. That said, anyone can just monitor the traffic my app generates, and see that, apart from an update check at the beginning (a GET to retrieve a JSON file), the only connections are towards the website each app is wrapping. I would be quite dumb to post malicious apps on an expert den of Androiders like XDA Developers anyway ehehe
Anyway, if that can help I ca post the complete source code of one of the apps to let people check that everything's fine. The core of the apps is mostly the same (activities, sqlite database, image cache, httpclient+jsoup), apart from differences related to their structure (e.g., Page3 has much more activities and choices than GQ), so that should help understand I'm not hijacking anything. Of course, you could object there is no guarantee the code I'm posting is exactly the one used to generate the APKs, as we'd be back to the trust issue at the beginning...
Well, if there's any way I convince those in doubt that I'm in good faith just let me know. About the Play Store, unfortunately there's no way I can get back there. In the mail I received, I was told I was banned and that I could not open a new account to publish the apps again, so that's out of the question. Android PIT only accepts apps that already are on the store, so no go either. I tried other markets like Androlib and SlideMe, but both failed to send me the confirmation mails I needed to confirm the account, so I'm wondering if they're even a viable solution for developers right now. I've already discarded the Amazon App Store option, as there's an annual fee the likes of which only Apple could conceive. Anyone knows more alternatives to publish apps?

[Q] A question about Play store and regions

Hey. I am planning to get an Android phone and have a question about Google Play behaviour regarding different regions.
How do regions work in Google Play? I know each region get different apps/books/etc and prices but there are several things I'm curious about (all things are compared with itunes because atm I own an iphone):
If you buy an app at the German (example) store will it be easily updateable/installable when I switch back to the UK store? On iTunes it's a huge ****ing pain in the ass dealing with apps from different countries. You can't update them without wasting 10 minutes at least.
Are ratings and reviews separate as well? I have to use the US itunes store just so I can read more opinions and see larger rating vote counts.
Unlike itunes google play determines your location automatically which is bad for me. Is it alright if I'm going to use a proxy to fool the Play store and install apps from 'another country'?
Sorry if it's in the wrong section.

That can be an issue, but if you plan to root your phone you can flash things that will enable you to view anything from any region. Being in the US I don't run into this issue, but it's something to look at depending on the phone.
Also, most apps you can download the APK (for free apps) or contact the developer on how to find the app.

There is an app " market enabler" aka "market unlocker".
Needs root.
Works for apps only.
You can get any apps, specific to a region by changing the location in the app.
Or as said above, you can get the apks
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Lifehacker7 said:
There is an app " market enabler" aka "market unlocker".
Needs root.
Works for apps only.
You can get any apps, specific to a region by changing the location in the app.
Or as said above, you can get the apks
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Well looking for and downloading apks every time some app is updated would be annoying. Is there a software which manages android phones like itunes? I'm having tons of problems with itunes and its handling of apps purchased in different countries, hope to avoid this with android.

Al Gore said:
Well looking for and downloading apks every time some app is updated would be annoying. Is there a software which manages android phones like itunes? I'm having tons of problems with itunes and its handling of apps purchased in different countries, hope to avoid this with android.
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I don't think " buying it from another country" thing is an issue.
Once you have paid and downloaded, there shouldn't be any issue.
Unless the app is region specific and wouldn't work outside that country.
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Al Gore said:
Well looking for and downloading apks every time some app is updated would be annoying. Is there a software which manages android phones like itunes? I'm having tons of problems with itunes and its handling of apps purchased in different countries, hope to avoid this with android.
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Well you can access the Play Store online and download stuff just like iTunes does for iOS devices, then you can manage the apps on the phone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps?feature=corpus_selector
You can also use that Market Enabler app to see all regions from the Play Store app, but you must be rooted.

Google app bundle

Ultramanoid said:
Google now wants to kill the .apk, and turn all Android applications into Play Store "bundles", even asking developers to hand over the signing keys.
Google Play dumps APKs for the more Google-controlled “Android App Bundle”
Starting in August, new apps will need to turn over their signing keys to Google.
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That's something I would pay to NOT have.
Now, THAT would be a very big difference between Silver and XDA versions. I hope there'll always be an independent, Google-free MiX over here, signed by Hootan only.
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I don't know whether to [complain bitterly; original word choice asterisked out] about Google or ArsTechnica: Google will "allow" a developer to retain a copy of the private key that the developer uploaded to Google?
Is there really no hope that developers will tell Google to pound sand?

J.Michael said:
I don't know whether to [complain bitterly; original word choice asterisked out] about Google or ArsTechnica: Google will "allow" a developer to retain a copy of the private key that the developer uploaded to Google?
Is there really no hope that developers will tell Google to pound sand?
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Ars also keeps track of projects Google kills and mocks them for it aaaall the time, to be fair.
No one prevents developers from making single APKs at present, but maintaining two versions, one for Play, one outside, is already giving them more work.
For some it may be worth it. For others, they're probably going to stick to the "rules" and give it all up.
Google might eventually just prevent Android from using "old" APK formats. But that'd be years away at any rate. Thank Android's glacial update pace. ( Compared to other OSes, such a big chunk of users of Android is on older versions, that it's not realistic to impose drastic changes such as this. )
Then again, Google changes its mind about things all the time. We'll see how this plays out. Horrible pun intended. I don't think any developer can take Google seriously about anything at this point.
( Personally I just use XDA, GitHub and F-Droid. No Play, no Google services, applications, or anything. And have for years now. Hope it doesn't affect us Google-free-freaks too much. )

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No one prevents developers from making single APKs at present, but maintaining two versions, one for Play, one outside, is already giving them more work.
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My idea of telling Google to pound sand is to refuse to deal with this app bundle crap. In an ideal world, Google would be left with no apps worth having.
No, I'm not holding my breath.

J.Michael said:
My idea of telling Google to pound sand is to refuse to deal with this app bundle crap. In an ideal world, Google would be left with no apps worth having.
No, I'm not holding my breath.
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I wish the Android Open Source Project had real teeth. I think that would solve all issues.
And then Google, or Samsung, or any other company, same as they do with Linux, could build whatever services they wish on top and profit, kill, steal, whatever it is they do. But users could have a choice not to be used themselves -- or be, if they don't care, and developers as well not to be treated as they are today. I mean, Play takes a 30% cut from your profit, tells you what you can do and how, and now your signing keys, too, please ? What the hell.
Unfortunately other than Lineage and their builds, nowadays, there is no other option when it comes to a functional Android other than Google's version of it.
AOSP is barely a skeleton. Google has been slowly killing it, removing more and more from it, or rather, moving functionality to their own services. Location for instance was long ago part of AOSP, and then they moved it to their proprietary bits. Same with everything else.

Why Google Play's APK replacement is scaring some security experts
Google Play will soon force developers to upload App Bundles instead of APKs, raising uncomfortable security questions about the requirement.
www.xda-developers.com

sd_shadow said:
Why Google Play's APK replacement is scaring some security experts
Google Play will soon force developers to upload App Bundles instead of APKs, raising uncomfortable security questions about the requirement.
www.xda-developers.com
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