New open-source app turns GitHub into a mobile and PC app store

GitHub is a vast labyrinth of amazing open-source software projects, and it can be hard to see some of the awesomeness within ...

Android's getting a flexible new approach to sideloading with Registered App Stores

Google's detailed changes coming to app stores and in-app purchases starting soon, including registration for third-party ...

Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores

Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how ...
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Google to change Android App Store Rules After Settling Epic Games Lawsuit

Google is changing how apps are installed on Android. A new policy could reshape sideloading, developer fees, and app store ...

Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead

By June 30th, Google writes, it will lower most app store fees in the US, UK, and European Economic Area to 20 percent or ...
Android Authority

Amazon pulls the plug on its Android app store that you never used anyway

Amazon will shut down its Android device app store in August 2025. Users will no longer be able to download or use apps from the Appstore on Android after the deadline. Amazon Fire devices like the ...

Android is losing what made it special

However, the side effect is that Google is now the arbiter of which apps can run on Android even when those apps fall ...