Dafuck? Ofc we need the right to sideload but android in no way restricts this. Only apple does. Your comment makes it sound like they both do, which would be misinformation.
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deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
Just Google using their monopoly power to crush a competitor.
We need a consumer right to sideload on phones from any app store. Apple pulls the exact same shit.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Requiring the user to jump through hoops is restrictive. Remember, the vast majority of people are not nearly as technically skilled as we.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
The only hoop is one setting to enable third party app installs afaik, possibly also turning off play protect.
Idk at this point it’s like saying that changing the TV channel is a “hoop” because it requires a button press.
Not defending Google either, every time I install an app from F-Droid it prompts me to “Turn on Play Protect” to “improve security” with an obligatory dark pattern to boot but honestly if someone can’t navigate a simple dark pattern idk how they get dressed in the morning or know truth from fiction.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 hours ago
know truth from fiction.
You jest, but…
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
It’s a far cry from a big, red button on the front that says “press to install apps.” Navigating a settings menu is seriously advanced for the majority of users.
shalafi@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
If they’re the sort of users who find such hoops restrictive, do you really want them installing shit willy-nilly?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Are you arguing for the walled gardens now?
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
What percentage of Android users actually install FDroid and how many are stuck with no monopolistic defaults?
We just had an antitrust trial where Google got spanked for malicious defaults.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
Defaults aren’t the same as restrictions. I’ve had F-Droid since it’s inception and got no clue why others don’t use it but that’s their life and choices.
On iOS I had no such option apart from the inconsistently available jailbreak requiring Cydia.
They’re both shitty practices don’t get me wrong, I was only saying that that user seemed to be implying Google in any way restricts sideloading on android which is not true.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 3 hours ago
The vast majority of users exclusively stick to defaults.
Microsoft got in a lot of trouble in the 90s for simply including Internet Explorer in Windows, as it disincentivized people from installing a different web browser such as Netscape.
illi@lemm.ee 9 hours ago
I’ve had F-Droid since it’s inception and got no clue why others don’t use it
I’ll tell you - average user just doesn’t know about it. And doesn’t know the benefits.
Source: was an average user before joining lemmy
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
You could sideload the unrestricted client or install it via FDroid. The problem is that most Android users will install from the Play Store or not at all.