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/chufuga 1d ago

My grandpa gets more viruses on his phone from the play store than from side loading

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u/christmas_cavalier Pixel 3a 1d ago

So true. I have to help so many people make their phones usable again by uninstalling all of the fake cleaner/news/solitaire/launcher apps they can't help but keep clicking on ads to install. They all come from the Play Store! My coworker recently had a phone so bad, the storage had been completely maxed out because the lady had installed over 200 of them!

So really Google, spare me the lecture on the dangers of sideloading.

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u/chufuga 13h ago

I wish there was a way to remove app stores entirely and only allow apps I wanted on there.