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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There are plenty of repositories for F-Droid

I said paid.

it is not really beneficial for most companies to compete with Google Play

Of course it is. The reasons are detailed in the OP.

user experience will be worse (install warnings, no auto-update)

This is a thing of the past at this point.

and people may get affected by malware if they don't pay attention

The same can happen on any other store.

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