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Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Submitted 8 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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xodoh74984@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ulrich@feddit.org 8 months ago
Brother let me tell you about my friend Janet Reno, who fucked with Microsoft in 2001…
popekingjoe@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah man, those were the days.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 months ago
How about letting the users decide what to sideload? What the hell?
I hope the EU is ready to also sue Google.
azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The EU is currently deepthroating Trump so hard that it’s completely out of breath and all our clothes are ruined.
With how volatile Trump is this could change literally anyday, but with the current political equilibrium all google would have to do is gift trump a shiny golden thing so he makes a threatening remark about gas exports and the EU would go “uwu yes master right away master, do you want to fuck my gaping asshole while you’re at it?”.
cabbage@piefed.social 8 months ago
The EU already forced sideloading to be officially supported on iPhones thanks to the Digital Markets Act, and that law applies to Google as well.
The US will likely apply pressure, just like they are trying to force their death machines to be legalized on European roads. Apple already tried to pressure the union and failed, but the political climate has changed a bit since then, and while EU bureaucrats can be fierce, European leadership tends to be weak as fuck.
But yeah, chances are that this change won't apply to the EU. :)
Ulrich@feddit.org 8 months ago
It’s too bad they were too terrible at writing legislation to be successful.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Does the law demand unsigned software?
DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 months ago
which is utterly disheartening.
themurphy@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
It will probably be for the rest of the world.
EU devices not effected.