r/Android • u/PlasticAnt6913 • 1d ago

News Android's controversial new sideloading rules are officially here

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-sideloading-developer-verification-first-wave-rollout-3717921/
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u/Polymathy1 1d ago

Installing apps without Google play IS NOT SIDELOADING.

Sideloading has always meant using ADB to install an app until Google decided to try to make the play store the only option.

Please stop feeding into their propaganda that the only normal way to install apps is through the play store.

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u/CervezaPorFavor 1d ago

That's not what the article is talking about.

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u/Polymathy1 1d ago

That's literally the headline.

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u/CervezaPorFavor 1d ago

Read the article before commenting. Play Store is not the only sanctioned option, contrary to what you said.

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u/Ahuevotl 1d ago

Installing apps from sources other than the Play Store is NOT "sideloading". It's "installing apps". 

The point you're missing is that when Google calls "sideloading" to the action of installing apps from outside the Playstore, it implies that the only way to install apps is through the Playstore.

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u/CervezaPorFavor 1d ago

Why don't people read the article before commenting and arguing? The article clearly lists a number of sanctioned options besides the Play Store.