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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.

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

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.

https://f-droid.org/

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