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iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

But apps outside of their store (such as fdroid) get constantly pinged for malware security scans, and android treats them as second class citizens in a lot of scenarios. It’s really frustrating to fight your phone on so many fronts just to use the apps you want.

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lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I have many, many apps installed through not-Play Store methods. Haven’t really run into any issues with them. Yeah, Android gets a bit picky on initial install, but once you’ve gone through that process once, it becomes a no-brainer.

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- kadup@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  Haven’t really run into any issues with them
  
  This has been changed if you’re lucky enough to have a recent Android version, but not long ago any gallery app sideloaded from external sources couldn’t be set as the system gallery, meaning managing pictures was really annoying because any changes required a pop up confirmation.
  
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  - lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Pixel 9 Pro XL on Android 15.
    
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Mjpasta710@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Apple iOS users outside of the EU are familiar with this too.

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- mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  For the curious, sideloading apps requires you to run a server on your computer, and refresh the signature on the app at least once a month.
  
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  - aquovie@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Don’t you also need a developer license? So that’s like an additional $8/month subscription to sideload on iOS.
    
    Or I could be wrong 🤷
    
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    kadup@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Users make abhorrent weird workarounds for that, like running a PC software that uses a free temporary developer license to re-license an app on your phone, that then uses that license to resign other apps ““automatically””
    
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    Venetas@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Not quite. You can use your free apple ID for temporary self-signing. But this cert is only valid for 7 days and can sign up to 3 apps simultaneously.
    
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bitwolf@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Does this still happen? I use fdroid and it’s not only more reliable than the play store, Ive never seen a malware warning or anything.

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