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Third-party app stores are rolling out in Google Play, but there's only one right now - Ars Technica

Published by Ars Technica By Ryan Whitwam · 10 August 2026 at 18:44
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Third-party app stores are rolling out in Google Play, but there's only one right now - Ars Technica
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Aptoide has become the first app store distributed inside Google Play under a judge's order.

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