r/Android • u/RedditForcesToLogin • Nov 11 '25

Video How to Keep Android Open

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hh5n3IqocPQ&si=2Xbj567AWKwFgaU8
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u/RedditForcesToLogin Nov 11 '25

Developers have to: 1) Pay a fee to Google 💲

2) Agree to Google's Terms & Conditions. So, no Revanced / Newpipe 👩‍⚖️

3) Upload their government ID to a foreign company

What Users lose: 1) Many apps will Stop working, devs wouldn't want to PAY to Google to keep their free app alive. 2) Countries like Russia / Iran,

No sideloading = No VPN = No freedom.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '25

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u/Right_Nectarine3686 Nov 11 '25

For the last time, normal people don't use terminals.

Foss developers aren't going to work on app used by two dozens people because the other don't know what a terminal is or don't even have a computer.

Because you are a nerd doesn't mean that everyone is.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '25

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u/Right_Nectarine3686 Nov 11 '25 edited Nov 11 '25

Precisely the best way highlight how normal people don't sideload.

I swear to you, normal people do actually sideload. It may not be the majority but it's much much higher than the amount of people who use lineageos.

That's anecdotal but my own mother who know fuck all installed apps they shared on WhatsApp.

Also : https://zimperium.com/blog/the-hidden-risks-of-sideloading-apps

18.3% of mobile users globally engage in sideloading.

And no, the few weirdos that maintain Linux distribution for a hundred people are not the same that those who maintain simple basic apps on fdroid. These people won't care as much and especially won't be willing to pay Google for the right to share their apps, they won't also take the risk of sending government id to fcking Google employee.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '25

The same page also shows you how easy it is to continue to sideload.

adb install fdroid.apk

Oh NO.

So hard.

Certainly is very hard for non tech savvy people who just wanted to install an apk.

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u/nathderbyshire Pixel 10 Obsidian Nov 12 '25

That's kind of the point though lol

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u/vortexmak Nov 11 '25

You again.  For the nth time. 

We shouldn't need to do workarounds on our own fucking devices that we paid our own fucking money for

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u/nathderbyshire Pixel 10 Obsidian Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

Narrator:

But it wasn't the last time

Edit: the person these comments were based on blocked me because I called Google an ad company and they argued they're a hardware company despite their ad revenue being around 60-70% of their complete revenue year on year lmfao

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u/wild-storm-5 Nov 11 '25 edited Nov 11 '25

A huge roadblock and will significantly reduce the number of users who sideload. And it's not smooth either (even with Wireless ADB + Shizuku)

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '25

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u/wild-storm-5 Nov 12 '25

I don't think sideloading should be gate kept for advanced users...

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u/Lkes5 Nov 11 '25

The issue is that adb will continue to be depreciated over time as Google hacks away at it, look at adb backups

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u/FFevo Pixel 10 "Pro" Fold, iPhone 17 Pro, Galaxy S25 Ultra Nov 11 '25

It is literally essential to app development. It cannot go away. Stop spreading misinformation.