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Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google: "Based on this feedback and our ongoing conversations with the community, we are building a new advanced flow that allows experienced users to accept the risks of installing software that isn't verified. We are designing this flow specifically to resist coercion, ensuring that users aren't tricked into bypassing these safety checks while under pressure from a scammer. It will also include clear warnings to ensure users fully understand the risks involved, but ultimately, it puts the choice in their hands."

Thank god. I would've ditched Android for good if this went through, and while it sounds like it would be annoying for casual users to enable unverified apps, at least we can still install them.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 7 points 3 weeks ago

How about they drop the entire thing and keep it as it was and is?

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

If this flow existed once for disabling the entire feature permanently, I would be okay with it. But it seems like they are going to intentionally make installing any software they don’t get a piece of painful to install every time. That is not an acceptable compromise.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

For the last two years, I've been running my own mail server, ready to cut over the moment google wants to fuck around again. I'm happy NOT depending on my own mail server as long as possible, but it's clear the free lunch is going to end one day. I've started backing my way out of Android and I'm surely not going to be buying another iOS or Android phone.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

victory is ours

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

For now

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