Comment on From F-Droid to emulators, here's who's hit hardest by Android's new verification rules
ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 day agoThe APK installation process is already more inconvenient than it should be,
You what. All you have to do is download the apk and then run it on the phone. HTF could it be any easier ?
Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Every APK installation from outside of the Play Store gives an installation warning. It’s unnecessary and deliberately trying to make such installations seem less secure in comparison.
A more useful warning would be for the many privacy risks in installing apps from the Play Store instead of privacy-respecting alternatives from F-Droid.
Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Man the custom ROM life just reinforces my idea that stock Android is a fucking nightmare. I use Graphene and it just asks, “Hey, do you want to install this app (+ without network access?” Yes? Neat, it’s on your phone now. The literal only roadblock is enabling installs from non-appstore apps like browser or files, which makes sense. No fear mongering, no developer mode, no wait a day to do it.