Google Play Store locks users into its controlled ecosystem. Here are the several options available to avoid the Play Store, and why you may want to consider them (yes, before your favorite app is mistakenly removed as well) This video is targeted towards individuals looking to deGoogle.

    • fne8w2ah@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Or for Mainland Chinese devices, their carrier or manufacturer equivalents of GMS aka China Unicom “WO” services and Huawei/Xiaomi/Meizu services respectively (or whatever they are natively called there).

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      1 year ago

      That’s grand for the likes of us who can easily install over adb and such but that’s no good to those like my 74 year old mother.