Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
arstechnica.com
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
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The fuck? Like half of the apps I use are side loaded, unverified apps.
Fuck Google. Guess it's finally time to try a new OS.
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Typical shitty-Ars reporting.
"Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security..."
No they haven't. There is nothing about this which improves security. This is about CONTROL of your phone and you, and the data they collect from you.
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nobody can break into your house if i just demolish it for you...
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I am, like, 99% sure this is at least partially at the behest of companies, like Spotify, and their own interests, YouTube, to prevent people from being able to load cracked apps for their streaming services.
Used a cracked Spotify app for free Premium and it worked fine until like a few months ago; updating the app itself became a giant process that also needed to be done almost daily. I ended up switching to a crack of YTMusic, but it's still a PitA to deal with.
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This is the grip that they've got on you
This is the place that they pull you to
This is the trap that they set for you
This is control
This is control
Here is the life that they've set for you
Here is the hole that you'll fit into
These are the choices they made for you
This is control
This is control
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One of my jobs is programming Android devices so my customers can use them for business critical tasks. The apps I write aren't in a repository, they are sideloaded without exception.
As soon as control of what may run is passed to someone in a far away land - bye bye, Android, hello new platform (most likely a Debian-based Linux).
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I don't see why the tech crowd would bother to use Android at that point. Side loading is the reason it's used. Otherwise might as well go to iOS which has better integration with multiple Apple systems and a functional tablet for common use recommendations or actual Linux for more privacy / edge case testing / experimentations.
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Yes, because Theres no Android without G services
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EU mandated Apple to allow sideloading, can we have a state like California to mandate sideloading in it's state? This is anticompetitive practice.
God, I miss Lina Khan
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You are misinformed.
Apple was Mandated to allow different app stores, but you still need a valid signature in order to install those, so you still need an apple account, you still need to put in your full name, and you still need to pay them 100€\Year for the licence.
Also, Apple can still Revoke anyone's signature if they don't like your Apps.
They still have their app store.
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Lina Kahn is one of my favorite modern political figures
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If the EU mandated it from Apple, how are Google managing to get around that?
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https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/05/apple-must-open-ipados-to-sideloading-within-6-months-eu-says/
Maybe Google will do everywhere except EU, or maybe they found a loophole?
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Google won't check the content or functionality of the apps, though.
Trust me, it's for safety, bro. Just let me verify your app, bro.
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Computer says no.
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What does this mean for F-Droid?
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Fuck F-Droid; what does this mean for YouTube ReVanced?
It's the only sideloaded app I care about. I can't live without it.
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So... How's LineageOS running these days?
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You would need to unlock the bootloader and most phones make it a pain to unlock or downright impossible.
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Yup, done it a few times before. It's been years tho.
Waiting patiently for the official build for my phone to be completed.
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So… How’s GrapheneOS running these days?
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I'm just going to go back to flip phone. These mfers are greedy AF.
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The flip phones can't connect to the cell network anymore. They shut down the 3G towers. And they don't make new dumbphones, as far as I can find.
This timeline sucks.
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Seems like a workaround is for everyone to stand up their own App store, register that app, and then load whatever you want in your own app store bypassing any restrictions.
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Or get a devunlock, then load those binaries as test applications.
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Didn't know about this one. Saving it for the future. Thanks!
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Let's all share as many partial and complete workarounds as we can, with the completest, noob-friendliest instructions imaginable.
Usable phones are worth banding together for.
Or just install any Rom, Theres Linaege, graphene, Calyx, /e/, etc