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Google's Android Sideloading: More Friction Than Freedom (techlore.tv)
submitted 3 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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[–] ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What is that strategy called? reverse switch-and-bait?

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 6 points 3 months ago

Naw, just classic moving the goal posts. (I hate that as I type this and listen to video in background that he said basically my same line).

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

They’re making it harder by putting up more barriers such as extra warning screens to discourage users from breaking free from the Google walled garden.