I don’t see that happening just because of the technological hurdles there will likely be to get the third party store.
Android has had this ability since its very early days but most people still stick with the default Google Play Store unless they got something like an Amazon specific device.
Because of two reasons:
most users don’t know other storefronts exist
even if they did know, most don’t want to go through the hurdles of figuring out how to download the new store, get it set up correctly, disable relevant security that allows third party installation, and set up an account for another storefront
This is further unlikely to happen because Android has given Amazon and other manufacturers the ability to create their own Android devices whereas Apple has not and likely never will. You will likely never be able to buy an iPhone that has a custom ROM from Microsoft, for example.
Apple is WAY stricter about their store than google is. Google so so lax because they know giant devs would leave. Apple has gotten away with being a gate keeper making these apps play nice because there was no alternative.
Small companies will not move unless a third store really takes off. It is the big apps that everyone wants that will have the market power to move. Like Facebook, Instagram, Google Chrome, Microsoft, possibly Adobe, and all the streaming apps like Netflix.
I don’t see that happening just because of the technological hurdles there will likely be to get the third party store.
Android has had this ability since its very early days but most people still stick with the default Google Play Store unless they got something like an Amazon specific device.
Because of two reasons:
This is further unlikely to happen because Android has given Amazon and other manufacturers the ability to create their own Android devices whereas Apple has not and likely never will. You will likely never be able to buy an iPhone that has a custom ROM from Microsoft, for example.
Apple is WAY stricter about their store than google is. Google so so lax because they know giant devs would leave. Apple has gotten away with being a gate keeper making these apps play nice because there was no alternative.
Small companies will not move unless a third store really takes off. It is the big apps that everyone wants that will have the market power to move. Like Facebook, Instagram, Google Chrome, Microsoft, possibly Adobe, and all the streaming apps like Netflix.