Comment on Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe

• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are they?

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  • SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Google will soon stop you sideloading unverified apps – here’s what that means for you

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    • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Google will soon stop you sideloading unverified apps

      unverified

      ie, unsigned, so sideloading is still available and they are not

      fighting tooth & nail to remove side loading too

      You can sign it yourself or bypass verification with adb as they documented.

      Will Android Debug Bridge (ADB) install work without registration? As a developer, you are free to install apps without verification with ADB.

      If I want to modify or hack some apk and install it on my own device, do I have to verify? Apps installed using ADB won’t require verification.

      In other words, cool misinformation.

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      • sidelove@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Bruh, you’re trying to sanewash this of all things? Right now I can go to any third-party app store and click install on an app without me nor the developer having to kiss the ring of Google or by extension the regulators (EU with Chat Control) that they are beholden to.

        After this I’ll have to fucking install Google’s SDK on my computer, manually download application files, and deploy them to my device over USB with CLI commands. I will never ever ever be able to get friends and family access to third-party applications after this change.

        And fuck, man, there’s not even a guarantee this solution will last, either. Google promised they would allow on-device sideloading back when they started adding deeper and deeper settings restrictions on enabling sideloaded app support, their word means fuck-all and you know that.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Even the OPLus phones are planning to softlock their phones in newer models

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