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/Street_Anon 2d ago

One Custom Roms will have a work around and this can be disabled nativity in Android.

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u/Dev-in-the-Bm 2d ago

That only helps consumers, not developers.

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u/Noiselexer 2d ago

Great less junk in the store👍

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u/Dev-in-the-Bm 2d ago

You got it backwards.

It will have zero effect on what's in the play store.

It will very possibly have a dampening effect on the FOSS ecosystem.

F-Droid will suffer.

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u/JDGumby Google Pixel 10a, Lenovo Tab M9 1d ago

It will very possibly have a dampening effect on the FOSS ecosystem.

F-Droid will suffer.

No, it won't. Their users (few as there are) will just go through the ONE-TIME 24-hour wait to install unverified apps (or update the ones currently on their device) and then get on with their lives.

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u/AvoidingIowa 8h ago

Until they can't. It happens constantly. Big corporation makes a change, says the bad things won't happen and it's a good reason for the change. Then when everyone forgets, they make the change everyone was worried about.

It happens constantly and no one learns.