The one issue with google mobile services (of which google play, their app store, is a part of) is that they are a monopoly, and every developer goes through them because that’s the biggest market, and possibly the easiest for them to enter. Every other problem you have with google on mobile is but a branch of that infested trunk.

I recently got a huawei tablet, one that didn’t come with google services, and the replacement is good enough. I can also easily install other marketplaces like aptoide. But, they clearly don’t have the same apps. Even local apps that are secondary to say, a website or PC software, is on google and nowhere else.

It doesn’t end at just the app store though. Apps that have microtransactions (for example a note-taking app that unlocks with a one-time in-app purchase) usually use Google services and nothing else. Meaning you can’t unlock the app because you don’t have google mobile services installed.

There’s also a lot of shovelware on the huawei store lol, let’s be honest. There’s dozens of poppy playtime clones and the games page is overwhelmed with those. But that’s more of a problem with how app stores work.

The huawei store sends you to apkpure to sideload the app if they don’t have it in store, but this is a shoddy replacement. First of all I have no idea what I’m downloading on apkpure, and secondly it doesn’t restore mobile services (they need to use huawei mobile services for it to be compatible with my tablet). Although the store is capable of tracking versions and telling me when there’s an update on apkpure. I can also just download the apkpure store ig.

edit: despite any of this, I still recommend huawei for tablets and mobile phones. Very good quality at a third of the price or less. They are also building their own ecosystem so expect more interesting things to come in the next years. I also see Xiaomi is even cheaper and just as good, but I’ve never tried their devices myself.