Murena is in the business of deGoogling Android smartphones in the name of privacy. The French/European firm has been doing this for around five years, as We recently got our hands on a Fairphone 4 running Murena's tracker-blocking /e/OS. Our curiosity was piqued to see an alternative OS running on alt hardware. Step in for a closer look...
You can build an alternative app store if you want. Amazon did, Huawei did, but nobody wants to use those. Open source stores aren’t exactly popular either because they’re mostly filled with niche apps only open source enthusiasts care about.
It’s all about the value proposition. Customers don’t care about app stores unless there’s something on them that they want. The best candidates I can think of to start their own app stores are Epic Games and maybe companies like Yandex where economic restrictions threaten Google Play’s viability.
You can build an alternative app store if you want. Amazon did, Huawei did, but nobody wants to use those. Open source stores aren’t exactly popular either because they’re mostly filled with niche apps only open source enthusiasts care about.
It’s all about the value proposition. Customers don’t care about app stores unless there’s something on them that they want. The best candidates I can think of to start their own app stores are Epic Games and maybe companies like Yandex where economic restrictions threaten Google Play’s viability.