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thomas-moulardon Ask HN: Robust and affordable alternatives to Google Play for app distribution?

I only used this feature once but it was instantaneous. The official doc [1] also also mentions "Quickly distribute your builds to a small set of trusted testers without the need to wait for app reviews."

[1] https://play.google.com/console/about/internal-testing/

thomas-moulardon Ask HN: Robust and affordable alternatives to Google Play for app distribution?

If your concern is only around the possibility of being banned - do you know if your colleagues were using the Play Store test track[1]? I am not sure if their service agreement would allow this, but apps in the test track do not require a review. It supports up to 100 users and is fairly cheap (25 USD for the dev account registration). I understand this is not what you're asking for, but if you will be working with non-technical people, this may be worth looking at it...

[1] https://developer.android.com/distribute/best-practices/laun...