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If Amazon can't make a third-party Android app store work, no one can

Amazon announced this week that it's shutting down its Android app store. The Amazon Appstore has been available on Android devices since 2011, providing a relatively easy-to-access alternative to the ...
Android Authority

How to install third-party apps without the Google Play Store

Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...
Engadget

Amazon is shutting down its third-party Android app store

The Amazon Appstore will no longer be available on Android as of August 20, 2025. After that date, apps from the digital storefront "are not guaranteed to operate" on Android hardware; however, they ...
MacRumors

Japan App Store Gets Alternative Marketplaces, Third-Party Payments and More

Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) that goes into effect on December 18. The MSCA is similar to ...
AppleInsider

It takes 6 seconds to install a third-party app store, and Epic is complaining about it

Epic Games will never just take the win — it's now appealing to the court of public opinion that it takes one more actual step to install a third-party App Store as it does to install an app from the ...