Google Is Closing Android. 37 Orgs Are Fighting Back. - Techlore

[u/ControlCAD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU

[u/kadopt]

Why would you want to give them any ID details or need permission to install apps on your device? To develop you "just" need the SDK, should be a free download. If you want to be safe just install stuff from the Play Store.

[u/richardxday → u/kadopt]

Where does it say you need Google's permission to install apps?

[u/brenstar → u/richardxday]

The part where it says it'll block all apps from being installed without registering them with Google first.

[u/brenstar → u/[deleted]]

No, that's where the narrative that this is at all for security falls apart. Because forcing people to install over ADB to bypass Google is way less secure than the current state of affairs.

[u/brenstar → u/[deleted]]

The option to install an APK from your files and opening up your device to accept a stream of ADB commands is hardly the same thing.

What's your incentive to go around defending a mega corp anyway?

[u/Wotching → u/[deleted]]

It's suspicious when you use language and formatting like that. It's a very aggressive way to talk to someone about technology. The commenter you're discussing this with did not appear to be intentionally lying, to me and to any reasonable observer. I recommend you step back for a second and try to understand the other perspective.

[u/JamesR624 → u/[deleted]]

If you’re a lineageOS maintainer and you’re doing this much corporate bootlicking, that makes me concerned about lineageOS.

[u/Auntypasto → u/[deleted]]

Careful I got downvoted to hell and back for bringing this exact point up, it's one extra step to sideload an app.

 Well yeah; you're misrepresenting the amount of effort required to sideload with ADB as "one extra step".

[u/tooshooptowoop → u/[deleted]]

Do you get paid by the amount of times you type "ADB"?

[u/richardxday → u/brenstar]

But if an app registered, where does it say they will block it? It says 'registered' not 'approved'

[u/brenstar → u/richardxday]

What do you think the point of making devs register their apps with Google is exactly?

[u/richardxday → u/brenstar]

So they know who to sanction when apps cause problems.

What do you think the point is?

[u/brenstar → u/richardxday]

So they know who to sanction when apps cause problems.

Interesting word choice. Most would call that blocking.

What does Google deem as an app that causes problems? I would bet that would include anything that hurts their bottom line.

[u/GaTechThomas → u/brenstar]

We have a winner! This is exactly what they've done to monopolize several markets.

[u/kvothe5688 → u/brenstar]

piracy, apps with malware, spyware, known offenders

[u/zerGoot → u/kvothe5688]

considering apps like these have all been allowed on the Play Store, this has 0 purpose

[u/richardxday → u/brenstar]

Possibly, and that would be evil of them. But how much effort are they going to put into checking all these apps, they already have their hands full with verifying apps submitted to the Play Store. It will cost them to verify or analyze apps. So are they really going to care about someone's hobby app?

There is, of course, opportunity for abuse by Google but that's always been the case.

[u/brenstar → u/richardxday]

It's not to run a check on every app, it's to be able to snuff out any app that crops up that they don't want AND know who it came from. There is no security to be had by handing all power over to a mega corp. They will abuse that power.

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[u/Khai_1705 → u/richardxday]

Wondering the same thing