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Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration (hackaday.com)
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[โ€“] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

APKs are so goddamn huge and the OS can't swap parts of them out of memory because it's conpressed data and that would exponentially increase cache misses.

[โ€“] markko@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I guess it depends on the specific apps we use. Some can be pretty massive, but I have heaps of APKs that are <30MB, and even several that are <1MB.

Maybe a couple of large enough apps could be the issue if you always have them open, or if they are running services on your phone.