Comment on Android won't kill sideloading after all, but new verification rules will make it harder
XLE@piefed.social 2 weeks agoThey’ll be able to stop a group of less technically savvy people, who currently are sideloading, from using their phones the way they choose. Apparently that’s good enough for Google.
I don’t know, it’s possible that the number of people already interested in sideloading and savvy enough to do it, but not savvy enough to get over this new hurdle, may be a very small number.
I mean there are already some roadblocks to sideloading and scary messages about safety and security.
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I bet you less than 1% of users are even aware and of that less than .1% can’t figure out what they need.