I just release my games for free on the Playstore. If I ever see a game of mine getting 100 000 downloads then I might reconsider.
Had to update my games to a newer API recently, and yes it is way more cumbersome than it was the first time I put my games up there. Don't know if I'll ever do that again.
All my APKs are also available on itch of course. Never tried other stores like Amazon and Huawei, maybe should check those out.
Yeah; I remember having to do an update once, because an old API was considered to have something like "unsafe security features"-or something... but my app never actually touched any of those features. Then over time; I received two more emails claiming that I should update the apps and I couldn't be bothered... I can't remember how many downloads I was getting, but it wasn't much at all, so it just didn't seem worth it.
I'm hoping the other store fronts are a bit more indie-game-developer-friendly.
