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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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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months 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.

[–] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

You would have ditched Android for ios if it were implemented?

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

At least the apple ecosystem all works. Androids full of shit that will never be fixed. Looking at Google cast in particular. There have been many others too.

Ive been using Android for more than a decade, fwiw

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I would not have done so, but I think there's a reasonable argument that if Apple and Google's mobile platforms are indistinguishable in terms of user freedom and Google is going to try to be Apple, ya may as well just go with the better Apple

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

victory is ours

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
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