“Uugfhh, but the users don’t read the warnings!! They just click yes until it works!!”
And that is my problem because??? For fucks sake
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Their arguments are kind of lame. To install APKs from outside the store is already an involved process that generally makes it harder for the uninformed to sideload. Make sideloading a bit harder, but possible. My xiaomi makes me wait and read warnings before installing APKs, for example.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 days ago
But this process impacts other stores, too, like FDroid.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Side loading will still be possible but the apps themselves will need to be signed by the developer through Google, so Google ultimately still controls what can be installed. Maybe someone will crack it.
circledot@feddit.org 5 days ago
Fixed that for you :-)
devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] 5 days ago
It’s a great way to workaround them being forced to open the ecosystem a little and allowing alternative stores and that stuff. It only took more than a decade, they obviously not happy about it, so gotta screw people in another way.
feannag@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
That’s apple. Android has traditionally allowed sideloading. They aren’t be forced to open up anything, they’re just adding restrictions.