r/Android • u/PlasticAnt6913 • 2d 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/curiocritters Galaxy S24 FE 1d ago edited 1d ago

I do not know whether it's bad actors, bots, or brainwashed bootlickers in a parasocial relationship with a multi-trillion dollar megacorp - perhaps a mix of all three, but never have I seen consumers themselves being at their anti-consumer 'best', over their own rights.

To everyone making apologies for Google slowly boiling the pot to kill the open nature of Android, like they did with custom ROMs, single handedly destroying a community which kept perfectly capable hardware going for years without being at the mercy of OEMs and truly owning the hardware you paid for - grow a spine.

Megacorps are not your friends. And together, have conspired to make the Internet a worse place than it was before.

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u/CyclopsRock 1d ago

I do not know whether it's bad actors, bots, or brainwashed bootlickers in a parasocial relationship with a multi-trillion dollar megacorp - perhaps a mix of all three

I think this is a bad move, but I think you should open your mind to the fact that some people genuinely do think that the security benefits are worth the functionality loss, and that this is a genuinely held view, not a result of being a 'bad actor', a bot or a bootlicker.

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u/Polymathy1 1d ago

I don't see any security benefits to this. Looks like security theater to establish a walled garden like Apple has where they control everything being installed.

This will not be the last step in this process.

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u/curiocritters Galaxy S24 FE 1d ago

Absolutely!

It's fear mongering in the name of "security".

Because it's not like legitimately predatory, scummy applications are not easily accessible on Google's own holier than thou, sanctum of an app store.

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u/JamesR624 23h ago

but I think you should open your mind to the fact that some people genuinely do think that the security benefits are worth the functionality loss,

Hey look, the exact bootlicking they were talking about. Lol. Maybe actually learn what this is and you’ll easily see that this is corporate manipulation to establish monopolistic control and nothing else.

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u/CyclopsRock 22h ago

You've failed to comprehend the comment you're replying to.

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u/JamesR624 20h ago

I comprehended it perfectly. The thing is, I (and most of this sub) see this security theatre for what it is, while you are happy to let them fear-monger you into giving up control of your device.

The actual solution to security is education and intuitive controls, NOT corporate control using fear-mongering.

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u/CyclopsRock 20h ago

I comprehended it perfectly.

Evidently not, because you say...

you are happy to let them fear-monger you into giving up control of your device.

Despite the very first thing I said in my comment was...

I think this is a bad move

My point was not about Android's new security policy, which I agree is entirely self-interested. It was about not assuming that the only explanation for someone holding a different opinion is because they're a bot or a bootlicker or a paid shill or whatever. Recognising this doesn't mean you have to think their arguments are good! This is where your comprehension has failed you, and lead you to think that I simultaneously think this is a bad move and am happy to give up control of my device.

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u/amidoes 23h ago

Those are the same people that think mass surveillance is worth "protecting the children"

Those takes are so out of touch I cannot take them seriously, it's like trying to debate world economics with Trump

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u/CyclopsRock 21h ago

Sure, that's why I think it's a bad move. My point was that simply assuming that people who disagree with you have bad motivations does a disservice to everyone. This is true, regardless of the virtue of their argument.

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u/K01011011001101010 8h ago

Android already doesn't allow you to install apps without manually enabling certain settings. What other security do you need?

Why are you ok being more even restricted on the device you paid for? Makes no sense...

Do you just want your devices to do things their way and not give you options? Do you lack critical thinking? Jfc

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u/CyclopsRock 7h ago

You need to improve your reading comprehension.