No. The EU has published a detailed list of soft barriers to side loading that Google must remove.
It’s going to get a lot easier to side load apps on Android soon. And there will probably be a bunch of third party stores (I’d expect Steam to be available on Android this year for example - and probably also pre-installed on some phones).
It’s a ton of work to distribute apps on your own
Sure. But developers don’t need to do it on their own. They will be able to outsource the work to someone like Steam who is very very good at running an app store (I’d argue they’re better at it than Google or Apple).
No. The EU has published a detailed list of soft barriers to side loading that Google must remove.
It’s going to get a lot easier to side load apps on Android soon. And there will probably be a bunch of third party stores (I’d expect Steam to be available on Android this year for example - and probably also pre-installed on some phones).
Sure. But developers don’t need to do it on their own. They will be able to outsource the work to someone like Steam who is very very good at running an app store (I’d argue they’re better at it than Google or Apple).