Ask HN: What does an alternative to Play Store/Services need to be successful?
In the light of recent EU rulings and Google announcing that it would charge up to 40 € for the Google apps including Play Store for devices sold to Europe I was wondering what an alternative to Play Store / play services would need to be successful.
The ultimate goal is an alternative system that device makers would pre-install on devices sold to Europe.
Some random points on my mind to get started:
- It would need to be easy for developers to publish on play store and the new alternative with minimal extra effort.
- Google takes 30% of all revenue from developers. There's potentially some leverage in this.
- We'd need a proper alternative for Push Notifications.
- What are the most important features of your app that require play store / play services?
- How to keep it trustworthy / secure?
- What existing tools could we build upon?
- How do we attract developers to publish on this store while we don't have widespread adoption yet?
The ultimate goal is an alternative system that device makers would pre-install on devices sold to Europe.
Some random points on my mind to get started:
- It would need to be easy for developers to publish on play store and the new alternative with minimal extra effort. - Google takes 30% of all revenue from developers. There's potentially some leverage in this. - We'd need a proper alternative for Push Notifications.
- What are the most important features of your app that require play store / play services? - How to keep it trustworthy / secure? - What existing tools could we build upon? - How do we attract developers to publish on this store while we don't have widespread adoption yet?