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[-] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 1 points 23 hours ago

Degoogling intensifies

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 21 points 3 days ago

So weird that they're removing sideloading too...

[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Installing. Not side loading. That word was invented to sound like you're committing some kind of crime.

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Too bad. The vast majority of the privacy community will continue calling it sideloading.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

obviously, with that attitude.

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I'll continue calling installing from F-Droid, Github, etc sideloading.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

the treacherous SIDECHANNEL is a source of VIRUSES ON ANDROID!

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

100s of millions of devices are infected with malware every year from google play.

this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025

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