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Won't people just continue using the app? Wouldn't it be as easy as side loading future installs?
You overestimate the tech literacy of the majority.
If the tutorial can't be boiled down to a 30 second video, tiktok users aren't going to be able to comprehend it.
It's excruciatingly easy to side load on android, to the point where it is outright dangerous for laymen.
All it will take is a 30s tiktok showing how to side load and they're done, tech literate or not
I expect that Tiktok will strart distributing the app as an apk on their website.
Worse. Unless they're going to start the Great American Firewall you can just go to the website.
iPhone has enormous market dominance in the US and no sideloading.
Shhh, you're not supposed to point out Apples fla... uh, features.
iPhone has left the chat.
Or use it as a Progressive Web App. This could be a good thing for awareness of PWAs and for them being seen as a killer feature that people won't buy a smartphone unless they support them well. A transition away from app stores to PWAs can only be good.
If they are doing TikTok, maybe they should do Facebook, Reddit and YouTube next.