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What monopoly? The Samsung Store is the alternative to the official Google Play store. Any Samsung android phone that has the Samsung Store also has the Play Store, no?

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Yeah and they're both hostile to the user.

> Yeah and they're both hostile to the user.

If you had to pick the top thing that is hostile to the user, what do you think it is?

Yes, Samsung phones get two app stores by default - Google Play and Samsung.

Have you tried running any app you would actually use on any AOSP phone that doesn't have Play Services installed?

And on this case it's a duopoly. What doesn't make any difference at all, so people tend to not qualify their N-opoly words.

but ppl can install alternative stores, no? ther's the huawei one too and the open source store, I forgot the name

https://f-droid.org/

Yes, on the most recent Android, there is no monopoly.

On anything else, it's there.

> Yes, on the most recent Android, there is no monopoly.

> On anything else, it's there.

Alternative app stores for Android have existed for a long time. Samsung Galaxy Store, Amazon, Huawei AppGallery, F-Droid, Aptoide, etc. They are also available for older versions of Android.

And Android never let them work properly.

It has been working for over a decade. All you have to do is install the third-party app store's APK, and give that app permission to install or update apps.

The F-Droid app repository has been available since 2010, no Samsung/Google restrictions on installing it.

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