DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 hours agoThose of you who install non-google-play apps (aka: sideloading), what's your gameplan for the upcoming Google restrictions on Sideloading?message-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1168arrow-down1message-squareThose of you who install non-google-play apps (aka: sideloading), what's your gameplan for the upcoming Google restrictions on Sideloading?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 hours agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·10 hours agoWhat are you talking about a ban on sideloading?
minus-squarekuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·10 hours agohttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 hours agoAh, so people saw a signing requirement, that may or may not only be part of play protect and immediately called it a sideloading ban. My plan is to wait and see if it even affects me in any way.
minus-squarekuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoYeah, people are overreacting, but Google taking control here is still a big issue
What are you talking about a ban on sideloading?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/
Ah, so people saw a signing requirement, that may or may not only be part of play protect and immediately called it a sideloading ban.
My plan is to wait and see if it even affects me in any way.
Yeah, people are overreacting, but Google taking control here is still a big issue