This is devastating: Amazon is giving up on Android!

There were startups with huge focus on Amazon publishing deals to support and maintain versions run by other teams for Google Play. It was somewhat a competition to prevent the monopoly of Google.

Amazon app store will be shut down on August 20, 2025. It was initially launched in spring of 2011.

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· The Google Play Store now has an app quality warning.
· If an app has a potential issue with its overall quality, a yellow alert box on its Play Store page will inform you.
· Warnings include frequent uninstalls, less frequent engagement, and a low user count.

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It still blows my mind that Godot Engine is also available on Android. People from developing countries are often unable to buy computers and still have a passion to try out SOME game development.

Do I recommend it? Nope: it's far behind the full version, mostly due to bad Android drivers and inconsistent features support. Even on Qualcomm 888 Plus it works extremely slow and yes, you'd better have a USB dongle, keyboard, and mouse.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.godotengine.editor.v4&hl=en

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And one incredibly enthusiastic developer made Blender port for Android!

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Alternative Stores are crucial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_XTeInNMw
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And while we're all guessing about Valve plans on Half-Life 3, they are releasing Android apps on Steam... for VR (XR) devices!

That's for Steam Frame, but copium makes people believe that Steam will get a fully functional Android launcher.

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