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Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by jystfact@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] mub@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I thought the EU said that Google and apple have to permit other app stores? If that is the case they'd have to allow side loading in effect.

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[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If Android sideloading needs to be verified by googld for "Security" then Maybe IOS seems like a viable option (except for the price and price to repair) but man i wish Linux on smartphones Has a good ecosystem of apps.

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[-] Cassa 18 points 3 months ago

xcuse me what the hell

[-] melimosa@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 3 months ago

My phone is not an airport. It's a garbage collection machine found in a trash, with a battery so it looks portable. I don't need an ID to use it, nobody will ever need.

[-] Brunette6256@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago

Can we have mainstream Linux phones now. Fairphone is nice

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[-] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 months ago

The android dream is over. It was fun while it lasted. My next phone will be linux

[-] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 15 points 3 months ago

That's a sure way to get me off of your OS. FAFO I've already dropped M$ products.

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[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago

And in one fell swoop, Google just took a baseball bat to its own kneecaps.

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[-] xcjs@programming.dev 15 points 3 months ago

Let Google know what you think: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN3UQeNspQsZCO2ITkdzMxv81rJDEGGjO-UIDDY28Rz_GEVA/viewform

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[-] eleitl@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 months ago

Use alternative ROMs while that's still an option.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago

If you have a non-Google build of Android on your phone, none of this applies. However, that's a vanishingly small fraction of the Android ecosystem outside of China.

Linux-based Android build when?

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 11 points 3 months ago

Android is already based on Linux. But in general there are FOSS phone OS's. GrapheneOS being the dominant player

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago

If the dominant player is an OS that supports a total of seven phones, the entirety of which are strictly Google branded, were fuckin' doomed.

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[-] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 months ago

As Samsung is blocking custom ROMs with OneUI 8, I seriously need to look into alternatives. Does anyone have good experience with a custom ROM on a S25 Ultra? The only thing I really worry about are my banking apps. I need those to work.

[-] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 months ago

I use /e/OS, my office mate uses Graphene. All our banking apps (I have like 3, lol) work flawlessly. However, once you go down this road, there is always a chance that they stop working in the future, as Google introduces more bullshit like this or Play Integrity.

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[-] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 13 points 3 months ago

This is complete BS