F-Droid works perfectly either with or instead of the Play Store.

The Google Play Store comes pre-installed on most Android phones, but there are situations where it’s missing, disabled, or broken. Devices from China, Amazon Fire tablets, phones running custom ROMs, ...

These open-source apps have earned a permanent spot on my Android phone, but sadly, you won’t find them on the Play Store.

The Amazon Fire Max 11 is a tablet with an 11 inch, 2000 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD display, 4GB of RAM, at least 64GB of storage, and the fastest processor available in a current-gen Amazon Fire tablet. It ...

If you own an Amazon Fire Tablet, you will be restricted from using the Amazon Appstore, but it runs on Fire OS, which is a custom version of Android. That means that you can install the Play Store ...

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