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Android won't kill sideloading after all, but new verification rules will make it harder (www.techspot.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] trashboat@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago

If Google continues to round the corners of their Google Play triangle icon, it’ll become a circle in a few years

[–] brooke592@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

It's all about herding people by dictating the path of least resistance.

[–] berty@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago

So this sucks obviously. Will this also affects apps from alternate appstores like F-Droid or only APK's? I mean F-Droid already signs the apps, right? I'm a little confused.

[–] Dreamer@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Are there any longstanding open source alternatives to Android OS?

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

There is the Linux-based Jolla phone:

https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder

But their UI framework and Android app support system are not open source.

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[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I use GrapheneOS (Lineage OS and CyanogenMod before that) and I'm perfectly happy with just alternative software installation sources.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

My entire job depends on such an app, so this is a bit of a relief.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

afaik this was the plan from the beginning, but nobody was reading any of the articles that they never clicked on

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