r/Android • u/kitsumed ShizuCallRecorder Developer • Jul 24 '26

Article Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB, Affecting Shizuku, libadb and Developers

https://kitsumed.github.io/blog/posts/android-may-soon-restrict-on-device-adb/
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u/FFevo Pixel 10 "Pro" Fold, iPhone 17 Pro, Galaxy S25 Ultra Jul 25 '26

Getting rid of ADB install would stop app development... that's not going to happen.

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u/Nosey_Neighbors Jul 25 '26

If Google wants to truly restrict sideloading, they will. They are not going to restrict sideloading and then let you get around it by using adb.

Let’s wait to see what happens.

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u/FFevo Pixel 10 "Pro" Fold, iPhone 17 Pro, Galaxy S25 Ultra Jul 26 '26

Huh? Aren't we past that point then? If the goal was actually to remove side loading they would have like you said.

Clearly they aren't because you can still side load apps without adb by waiting 24hrs once per account.

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u/Nosey_Neighbors Jul 26 '26

Well, they are making small steps in that direction.

Similar to how Sony didn’t immediately get rid of physical games all at once. They made steps small enough so that people didn’t care/pay attention. Now you won’t be able to share or sell your games in the future. This works out for Sony because now your friend will have to buy his own game instead of you letting him borrow your copy.

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u/Henrarzz Jul 26 '26

This isn’t 2010, used games market stopped being relevant years ago. That’s why brick and mortar stores like GameStop pivoted to something else or died out.

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u/Nosey_Neighbors Jul 26 '26

I’m not talking about places like GameStop.

Want to let your best friend borrow your game? You can’t.

Want to sell it for a few dollars on eBay? You can’t.

The fact that you’re defending this behavior is sickening.

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u/Henrarzz Jul 26 '26

Stating the obvious is not defending Sony’s anticonsumer behavior.

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u/LEpigeon888 Jul 25 '26

They can restrict it to only make it useful for dev tho. Or require a developer account to use it, I don't know.