Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
Zak@lemmy.world 1 week agoI’m inclined to think that’s not the job of an OS vendor to prevent. Sure, put a warning label on it, but it’s the user’s device; once they say they know what they’re doing, that should be that.
dust_accelerator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
The implication here is, if they implement this, is that they volunteer to assume liability, should e.g., your bank account be drained despite undergoing their forced strict lockdown on paid and owned devices.
Fat chance, because laws are meaningless to crime syndicates
Zak@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It might be a reasonable trade for users to make if Google assumed liability. In fact, that would be an interesting way to implement laws to discourage practices like these.