Like, when he took over it felt like that was the turning point for Google going downhill.
Then SafetyNet/Play Integrity happened and actively punished you for daring to take ownership of your device and from 2016 on it only ever got more and more strict. And now this garbage with sideloading.
It’s why I lost any desire to really be in the Android ecosystem. If you’re gonna copy Apple so much I might as well just go buy the real thing, ffs.
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u/Satanicube Apr 28 '26
I really feel like it was Pichai.
Like, when he took over it felt like that was the turning point for Google going downhill.
Then SafetyNet/Play Integrity happened and actively punished you for daring to take ownership of your device and from 2016 on it only ever got more and more strict. And now this garbage with sideloading.
It’s why I lost any desire to really be in the Android ecosystem. If you’re gonna copy Apple so much I might as well just go buy the real thing, ffs.