Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store

dorumon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Man! These guys are literally recreating what made using Symbian a pain to deal with and what sparked its downfall. Even if it was somewhat warranted due to the legitimate malware but atleast you could still run Java and Flash apps with permissions just fine. Now the last reason to run android is basically disappearing and I’m kinda glad I degoogled my latest pixel as of late. But like I kinda also hate that we are moving into an era where you cannot even control what apps on your mobile device right now outright. It was already bad enough with the automatic opening of Google Play for sideloaded apps and now its only to get worse from there. Genuinely speaking of android when it first came out was a breath of fresh air compared to symbian and iOS. It’s kinda a shame that now it’s losing what made it great to begin with.

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