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dai@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

My takeaway from that article is they don’t, and haven’t.

The splash screen for installing a package not from the play store is there to protect the end user. Without it there would probably be a much worse unwanted software issue on android.

I’ve been “side loading” or just “installing” applications on my android devices since the nexus one, without the help of the play store.

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gray@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That’s not what the lawsuit is about. Google made backdoor deals to pay developers to release on the play store instead of their own 3rd party app store. They were found at fault for anti-competitive behavior.

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- Flipper@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That’s a pot calling a kettle black. Epic is doing the same thing with there store.
  
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  - gray@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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    dai@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    But they do freely allow it, grab an APK from F-Droid and install it.
    
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- dai@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You posted a question about Google policing sideloading, then posted an article that has nothing to do with google policing side loading.
  
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