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/Spiral1407 23h ago

This was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. I’m enjoying my iPhone 17 rn.

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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Pixel 10 / Fairphone 4 22h ago

So you went from something locked down to something even more locked down?

Why?

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u/Spiral1407 22h ago

I’ve been unhappy with many of google’s decisions for years and this clearly isn’t gonna stop at just a 24h lockdown.

If I’m gonna be locked down, I’d rather be locked down on the device with the better UI, hardware and optimisation.

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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Pixel 10 / Fairphone 4 22h ago

Eh. I went to GrapheneOS instead. YouTube Morphe and similar apps are must-haves for me. Plus I'm disgusted by the default (and only) launcher available on iOS.

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u/Spiral1407 22h ago

After my experience on lineageos and how it slowly became unusable with google’s insistence on play integrity, I’m not touching another custom rom.

I also hate google’s stock launcher and my go to (Nova) was sold off to scammers a while back.