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Quote: Originally Posted by nht Candy Crush is free to play with in app purchases. Most games are these days. A lot of regions use QR codes for app advertising and distribution. Amazon does this as well: https://developer.amazon.com/pub…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfc1138 I've read at multiple sources that "Android" is so virulent infected devices are infected when bought brand new right out of the box.... terrifying. I've read at multiple sources that reptilians rule th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht I am as big a non-fan of DED as you can find but Play stores are regionalized/localized just like the App Store. If you go into dev setting you can turn on "Allow mock location". Then set your location to a d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by EricTheHalfBee Translation. "I don't want to talk about the sorry state of Android security, so I'll deflect the conversation and spend inordinate amounts of time discussing whether or not Android devices have 3rd p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by EricTheHalfBee More deflection. "some specific Android implementations". Of course, you're referring to outliers (like the US Military creating a highly customized and 100% locked down version of Android for their …
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Quote: Originally Posted by capasicum Well, my statement is: "There is not a single statement by any Alphabet/Google/Android executive that they count only Play Store devices against sales." Obviously such statement is a bit hard to prove. B…
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capasicum wrote: » No, they don't. And you don't have any proof. Still waiting any proof of your claim. UT i suppose that it is just an invention and you're just making things up.
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singularity wrote: » I thought Google had turned to only counting those devices that checked into Google Play as activated devices. Thus those in China cant be counted unless Google play is accessible to them. Google had always counted devices …
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capasicum wrote: » "Localized" is not the right term, but I don't see it in the article; only in the comments section. Also, nobody ever said all Android devices have that option enabled. Daniel was talking about all Android devices that Google…
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Quote: Originally Posted by capasicum Well, of course, you try to constrain the discussion so much that it loses any meaning. "There is a checkbox, so we (Android users) are all safe." Oh, no, I constrain the discussion to what I ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by capasicum So, according to Gatorguy, Gwydion and a lot of others, articles such as this one are fake: https://www.androidpit.com/best-google-play-store-alternative-app-stores Your link has nothing to do with …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections That's the point: most Android devices do not ship with Google Play. Obviously your phone did. But again, not going to keep repeating myself: your personal experiences are not the experiences of the ave…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections stop confusing your personal anecdotal experience with the "billion" devices using some form of Android. Because the discussion here is Android as a whole, not your personal experience on a small island…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections localized substitutes, as in what people commonly use in other countries. Google Play is pretty much a joke in the US, let alone other countries. Still waiting one of those "localized …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections That's not true tho. Most Android phones ship open to permissively downloading apps. Also, checking a box is not really the same as going out of your way to jailbreak a phone. If what you were saying …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections Many of these third party sites are not considered "dodgy" but rather the localized versions of Google Play, where its common to get their apps in those countries. Google explicitly sold the "opennes…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hormot This is most likely the truth: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/02/android_into_chrome_os/ It ties into my earlier comment. ChromeOS will live on only until the updates period is done. This update pe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by elroth A world in which there is very little profit being made by Android phones, and less and less PCs are being sold every year. Oh wait, that's the world we're living in right now. Really, you people must …
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rp2011 wrote: » Windows is a dead end with no developer enthusiasm but for legacy players and enterprise. That's why it's moving its mobile platform to windows 10 mobile as a Hail Mary.to attract developers and try to keep windows alive. Chrome…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NolaMacGuy who said he did? im just asking what his deal is. And why he should have any deal?