Google continues to stress that sideloading isn’t going away. Power users will still be able to install apps from any source they choose. The difference is that unregistered apps will require extra steps, while apps from verified developers should continue to install normally.
I don’t believe a word Google says.
This will be used to punish and block developers for political reasons, whomever party or oligarchs don’t like this month.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-sideloading-changes-timeline-3679204/
Still scummy as fuck.
This is just the first of many, slow changes to close off Android and milk the userbase.
I don’t believe a word Google says.
This will be used to punish and block developers for political reasons, whomever party or oligarchs don’t like this month.
The frog is boiled slowly
Give them an inch, they’ll take a mile!
I don’t know why people downvoting your for saying what’s actually happening.
Still a dumb decision that they’re changing it though.