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is like much of the discourse around the changes, overly sensationalized and borderline false.
replyThe only change made that's relevant to sideloading-a-downloaded-APK as far I understand, is a 24hour delay in enabling the ability to do so, which is a wildly overblown non-issue.
It is less secure though, and they are doing it in the name of security. People are right to call that out as bullshit.
replyAvailability is a key component of security, and this is a 24-hour DOS on apps not blessed by google.
It’s a one time delay that occurs when you first enable the ability to install downloaded apks and you never see it again for any device attached to your Google account. That’s why I called it a wildly overblown non-issue
replyI call hat freedom gone with one switch
replyThey’ve announced they’re changing the policy to require ‘verification’ in future Android versions.
replyIt will likely be delayed, just like Manifest v3, but eventually it will happen.
Well, they seem to have started shipping parts of that; recently I noticed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... was installed for me.
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