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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Can anyone ELI5 for the nontechy how things are going to work once Google rolls out the new bullshit? I'm seeing so many of my apps put out notices that they will no longer work once Google goes through with the verification system. Will I still be able to install shit through f droid?

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Will I still be able to install shit through f droid?

yeah, with extra hoops the first time though (24 hr wait etc etc)

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I already have developer options turned on, are they gonna fuck me out of that again? :/

I really hate this shit

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Ya there's going to be wait periods to turn on developer options, and it sucks cause some apps don't work with developer options turned on, like banking apps for example.

This whole thing sucks, imagine on your laptop not being able to install software and only being locked to getting everything through the Microsoft Store App.