Telegram can be used just fine without Google Play Store. If Google blocks this new and cool feature and people like this feature, it only serves to push people into skipping the playstore completely because people are invested in their messaging applications.
Now, normalising downloading and installing applications from outside the Play Store is a big red flag to Google.
This is possibly the most genious and awesome thing Telegram has done, and imho an excellent play. Either TG gets cool new features easily, or people get freedom and still get cool new features.
I'm very interested in how this is going to play out!
Here's a thought for you, though:
Telegram can be used just fine without Google Play Store. If Google blocks this new and cool feature and people like this feature, it only serves to push people into skipping the playstore completely because people are invested in their messaging applications.
Now, normalising downloading and installing applications from outside the Play Store is a big red flag to Google.
This is possibly the most genious and awesome thing Telegram has done, and imho an excellent play. Either TG gets cool new features easily, or people get freedom and still get cool new features.
I'm very interested in how this is going to play out!