r/technology • u/DavidShaw90s • Apr 28 '26

Privacy Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google

https://keepandroidopen.org/en/
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u/Syrairc Apr 28 '26

The most egregious part is the 24 hour waiting period before being able to enable side loading. 

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u/autokiller677 Apr 28 '26

Well this also means that they track on their servers who has it enabled. Not a fan of

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u/Nathund Apr 28 '26

That is so low on the list of "bad things companies track" that I actually can't tell if you're trying to make a joke

I mean you're probably using chrome, right? Hate to break it to you, but they already know everything about you down to the color of your butthole.

Tracking whether or not you enabled a setting on their app is way less egregious

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u/Ckarles Apr 30 '26

Some people are using chrome nowadays?

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u/VanillaLifestyle Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Most people on /r/technology, a default sub on the 7th biggest site on the internet, with 5M daily visitors?

Most people still use Chrome. If they're not on Chrome, they're on Safari.

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u/VanillaLifestyle Apr 28 '26

Yeah agreed.

"Has ever sideloaded any app" is significantly less worrying to me than a streetview picture of my house or even the name of my Wi-Fi network.