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If Google does then so does Apple?
I don't fully understand this. If you want your app on a store front, you play by their rules or provide direct alternatives.
The problem is, they can't provide a direct alternative. On Apple they straight can't sideload, and on Android Google has intentionally made the experience shitty and dangerous to discourage it.
In what way?
They have made it nearly impossible for a non-rooted phone to have apps automatically update, or an app store automatically update apps if it isn't the play store.
That is not true since Android 12