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Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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Tja@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Android users will have no idea it’s happening because only a tiny minority even knows what sideloading is. I don’t think I have done it in my last 3 phones, so maybe a decade or so. It’s definitely not enough of a reason even for someone like me to switch, let alone an average user.

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Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I get what you’re saying and you’re definitely right. I don’t side load things all that much but the times I have was because there was no other viable way to get what I needed and it worked amazingly well (not to mention testing something before it’s available on the app store).

It’s one of those things like a fire extinguisher that you might not need but you are very grateful it’s there just in case you ever do.

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- Tja@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yes, I love to have the capability, but haven’t used it so long that it wouldn’t motivate me to switch away from android to keep it.
  
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rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Well, I use Obtainium to install all my FOSS apps directly from the repository.

I also built a game for kids (available publicly) and then made a plugin just for my kid which includes some licensed characters, for obvious reasons I can’t put that onto the Play Store, so apk installation it is.

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