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Aptoide Games arrives on Google Play in the US as first third-party app store, but offers only a limited game catalog
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Google's Play Store now lists Aptoide Games, the first third-party app store admitted following Google's antitrust loss to Epic Games, but the US-only listing is a stripped-down version limited to games.
The Play Store version of Aptoide is so restricted that it cannot meaningfully compete with Google's own store, suggesting Google may be complying minimally with the court order. Security teams should note that the in-app safety badges that previously marked scanned apps as trusted have disappeared from the app version, leaving only the website to display them.
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Aptoide Games is available on the US Google Play Store without sideloading, following Google's antitrust loss to Epic Games.
The Play Store version is limited to games with only two categories, while the full Aptoide app still requires sideloading.
The trusted-app safety badges that previously appeared in the Aptoide app are now only visible on the Aptoide website.
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