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There's one group of Android users Google's new sideloading rules won't affect
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Annoying, but it's a once only thing to have to wait 24 hours, as soon as they bring this in, I'll try and install something I don't need immediately to start the process, then I'm ready to install stuff when I need it.
Is it a slippery slope? I hope not.
It's my phone, I don't have to ask for Google's permission, AND wait 24 hours for their approval. It's not a slippery slope if the shit we predicted happened already.
When you buy a device you fucking own it. Not Google. Not anyone else. I don't need permission from Google to do what I want, with the device I own.
Seriously folks. Google set out to solve the problem of scammers tricking normies into installing malicious apps, and they found a solution that both does that and barely inconveniences power users. It's an ideal and elegant solution that they arrived at after soliciting user feedback and listening to it. What more do you want from them?
Could this have been way worse? Absolutely. Will they try something worse in the future? Absolutely. They probably only chose this solution because so many of us provided feedback and pushback. But take the win and fight a different battle. There are so many problems and attacks on ownership privacy and freedom right now, so stop wasting your effort on the one fight we already won.
Maybe they should spend a little time and money hiring people to vet developers instead of this bullshit. It's about control, not safety. Everything is going app-based, and they want data tracking, so if people side step their means of hoarding data, they're upset and going to block this ability.
Think about it: those who sideload are typically the power users who know what they're installing in the first place. The fact they're talking about cracking down on app stores and devs is shit. Vet the code and look at what the app is doing with users' data. Idk, but is a not great solution.
That must be why I can't find malware in the play store, right?
RIGHT?!?!
The Apple app store with all it's control was supposed to stop malicious apps and scammers and it didn't do fuck all. This won't be any different. As the person below me said its about control and data, thats what they want and this is the sugared poison step they're starting with.