throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDo you think Google will ever just outright ban non-official app installations (aka: "Sideloading")?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareDo you think Google will ever just outright ban non-official app installations (aka: "Sideloading")?throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareFedditor385@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoIt’s a legal trend now to force enable users to sideload so I doubt Google wants to pull back on one thing that they are not being sued over.
minus-squareshaggyb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoThat’s not how corporates think though. The ONLY thing that matters to them is number go up next month. Surprising customers with new fees for things they rely on is an easy way to do that. Guaranteed they’ll try it.
minus-squareRin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours ago“Yeah, you can sideload the apps, but they’re not allowed to use any of your permissions, making them functionally useless” - Google soon probably
It’s a legal trend now to force enable users to sideload so I doubt Google wants to pull back on one thing that they are not being sued over.
That’s not how corporates think though. The ONLY thing that matters to them is number go up next month. Surprising customers with new fees for things they rely on is an easy way to do that. Guaranteed they’ll try it.
“Yeah, you can sideload the apps, but they’re not allowed to use any of your permissions, making them functionally useless” - Google soon probably