Only if it works as a peer to peer, if the device depends on connecting to a company’s server (which all do since the whole point was to collect usage habits) then you’re shit out of luck whenever they decide you’re
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Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 months agoAs long as you can side load a functional apk to a supported Android device, it should work, no?
DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 2 months ago
mundane@feddit.nu 2 months ago
It depends on if it requires server side connection or not.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Android eventually locks out apps designed for older APIs. I remember reading about a bunch of abandoned apps being dropped from the Play Store for that reason. Not sure if that’s just the Play Store though or if it is the Android OS itself. I haven’t ever kept a phone beyond the manufacturer providing security updates since I actually use my phone for secure things.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You have to enable developer mode and install with ````–bypass-low-target-sdk-block``` now.
Dunno if they’ll remove that eventually
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Don’t say that so loud.
You’ll have the self-proclaimed “power users” that just copy things they see posted without knowing what it does or possible issues and side effects, doing this and then complaining about issues stemming from it. And never disclosing they did it, blaming it on the system as a whole, ignoring the bypass they did.
Oh wait, this isn’t the Windows community.