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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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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Google also extending this to things like fireOS

it would not, because fireos was based on ancient versions of android like android 11 or earlier, and the block is enforced via google play services which isn't present on there.

but new fireos doesn't run android apps at all. New devices temporarily run android apps on a VM hosted on AWS servers and then stream the video, but only if those apps are distributed on the amazon appstore, and it's a stopgap until the devs make their apps compatible with the new OS.

And old fireos devices will start to gradually uninstall "dangerous" sideloaded apks