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.
What does this mean for F-Droid?
So… How’s GrapheneOS running these days?
Still great :)
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
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).
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.
So… How’s LineageOS running these days?
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.
