US Play Store opens to rival app stores as Aptoide lands
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The Verge reports that Google Play Store now hosts Aptoide, the first third‑party Android app store available in the US, a move born from the Epic v. Google case that opens Play Store to rival marketplaces. Aptoide specializes in mobile games and can be sideloaded elsewhere; more rival stores (including Epic Store) are expected to follow, with Google pursuing a broader “Registered App Store” approach in markets outside the US.
- The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store The Verge
- Google Play Store starts distributing third-party Android app stores – here's how it works [Gallery] 9to5Google
- Google is finally letting a rival app store onto the Play Store Android Authority
- Aptoide Returns to Google Play After More Than a Decade, Opening a New Chapter for Competition on Android Moomoo
- Aptoide returns to Google Play after more than a decade Pocket Gamer.biz
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