Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users

• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There is no necessary reason to make the distinction

  There is and I’ve already given it. MS app store doesn’t make up 99% of installations.

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  • yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Okay, I understand your position. Android’s play store has market dominance, so the a term to distinguish between 99% of play store installs vs others, makes sense.

    Now, that is a tangent to the main issue, just arguing semantics. The issue is control versus openness, not about the term sideloading.

    Is Google’s plan to restrict app sideloading a good thing in your eyes, or no?

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Now, that is a tangent to the main issue

      A tangent someone else made. Many others really.

      just arguing semantics

      100%

      Is Google’s plan to restrict app sideloading a good thing in your eyes, or no?

      Absolutely not. I will no longer recommend Android to anyone. It’s cooked, as far as I’m concerned.

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      • yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Nice, I could tell you’re a smart dude, so at least we all can agree that Android is no longer to be trusted.

        Funny how words and language become the focus of this thread, and then the main issues get pushed to the side. I was arguing against you as if we didn’t agree on the main problem 😅

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