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Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 day 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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[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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.

I've been side loading apks since I bought my first Android phones and am much more concerned about malware "safe" apps from Google's Play store. Google's quality control is shit.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes. I wonder how many people unknowingly updated Simple Mobile Tools apps after the new owner's buy-in.

[–] nuxi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

The number of apps that I've had to unistall because they got quietly sold and turned into malware is alarming.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Quality control is not the words. They are unethical garbage pieces of shit who make the world a worse place. These big companies buy smaller ones just so they have the good devs and no competition. Then they make everything in the market insufferable as fuck.