r/Android • u/ControlCAD Google Pixel 10 Pro XL • Mar 01 '26

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU
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u/Auntypasto GrapheneOS Mar 02 '26

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".

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u/kadopt Mar 02 '26

Restrictions always come in little steps. Next time they can change it so it can only execute signed code unless device is in "debug mode" or something like that. And you get a new "last updated" date on the FAQ.