Google does this for all external apks that are not listed on Play Store. This message used to come up even when dream 11 was distributed externally.

Yes. I remember seeing this years ago. And also Android had some settings which just blocks unknown apk installations by default.

Staff Engineer

But wasn't it illegal to publish betting apps on PlayStore

Computer scientist

Any apk directly installed will show this error

Product Manager

What they meant is it’s harmful for googles appstore business

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Software Developer

Huh! So google marks the apk file for the Indus Appstore as harmful. Is it for all apk files or just to put the brakes.  anyone from phonepe or Google care to comment.

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Huh! So google marks the apk file for the Indus Appstore as harmful. Is it for all apk files or just to put the brakes. 
anyone from phonepe or Google care to comment.

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This is absolutely harsh from Google

The App Store  and Play Store are a duopoly and we have allowed them way too much power. Atleast Android has options but Apple is a complete walled garden and they won the lawsuit against Epic like wtf

Founder

Everyone wants Google's distribution, but no one wants to pay for it.

Everyone wants Google to stop doing what it's doing, but no one wants to invest in an alternative.

Alternatives, if any coming up, from India will be of cheap quality. Does anyone remember what happened to BharatOS, or what's happening with Krutrim. 

What these app developers are not realising is that, their business is more or less happening because Android as an OS is there. It's not just about play store. 

I wonder why they're not cribbing against the Apple app store. 

Could the rates be lower? Yes.
But what's in it for Google or Apple when that entire section of business is because of them?

No one is stopping anyone from building a new OS, a better one. As long as a good quality one is not coming up, everyone will have to rely on Google or Apple. 

It feels really bad when the founders try to make it a national issue as well 🤦🏻‍♂️

Oh, and even if a new OS comes up, I wonder how they're going to sustain it, plus make people choose that without the availability of other apps.

Rant about Google Play Store

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/phonepe-may-open-its-app-store-to-developers-to-counter-google-apple-clout-11413351.html

Why is phonepe trying to do everything? Delved into e commerce via pincode,stock broking via share.market and now app store . Is UPI market getting too competitive

Software Engineer

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/a-new-upi-innovation-has-phonepe-and-google-pay-worried-11108471.html

Big blow to phone pe & google pay

Walmart owns majority share in both PhonePe and Flipkart, PhonePe is a separate entity from Flipkart, but why is Flipkart itself entering into UPI ecosystem when it is dominant in e-commerce and PhonePe is dominant in UPI and payments.

Why is Walmart letting both organisations go against one another by building Flipkart UPI seems weird and waste by burning money.

Is it hoping Flipkart UPI to get market share from Amazon Pay or something else is at play here ?

Why not pitch PhonePe inside Flipkart app heavily instead ?

Why Flipkart built UPI ?

People from Phone Pe, whats the situation? 

I dont see people talking or discussing about this.

Phone Pe ‘s Indus app store hype dead ?

Now on this post just let me highlight few points as read from CCI vs google legal battle.
1. Google incentivize all the android manufacturere to not preload any app store(eg: thats why samsung store is laying like a undercontructed producted ).
2. To pre load any of google aap the OEM has to put all the apps that google want or esle play security wont pass.
3. You can not host any app which redirect to another app store or behave like app store on play store.
As you can see how google used android , a "open source" eco system to force this google play billing system.
Now android occupy 94% of user base here so its either on play store or you miss market. Sideloading is errered with crazy level of steps and warnings to prevent on play store app deployment.
And as a bonus as google TnC say you can use 3rd party billing for "digital services" why is youtube still on play store it dont use google play billing system.
Also google want the payment details of every transaction. Basically it want to study next profitable business to either buy it or clone it and with transaction details its much easier.

Delisting of 10 apps and the startups vs google

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Few apps delisted are names such as Shaadi.com, OTT platform STAGE, social media app FRND. 
This might be temporary and these companies would get it live again, but is shd make us think the monopoly Google and apple has made in their respective ecosystem, Need of open and transparent third option , Google has a very high commission on transaction made via Play Store, Spotify had this issue earlier as well

Famous apps being delisted, can phonepe new appstore use this as a good opportunity

Associate Product Manager

Hello guys. 
We are a team of 12 people working on the App. We spent the last six months on the app and invested a lot of time and resources on this and today I got mail that our Play console account has been deleted. I had one account earlier and because of lack of policies at that time the account got deleted but this account was created using the company's email id and still it got deleted without even prior notice. Does anyone have any idea what to do now

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- India's antitrust body, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), found Apple exploited its dominant position in the iOS app store market, engaging in abusive practices.
- The CCI's 142-page report, seen by Reuters, highlights Apple's significant influence over digital products and services, forcing developers to use its proprietary billing system.
- Apple denies wrongdoing, citing its small market share in India, where Android dominates, but the CCI report states Apple's App Store is indispensable for developers.
- The investigation, initiated by a non-profit group and supported by Indian startups and Match Group, claims Apple's in-app fees hurt competition and violate Indian laws.
- The CCI's findings come amid global antitrust scrutiny of Apple, with potential fines and directives to change business practices pending a final decision. 

 Source: Reuters

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