Seems the pressure is working.
Remember when Google backed off the changes to Chrome that prevented adblockers from working and a short time later implemented those changes anyway? Why TF would Google start caring about what users want now, especially since this issue is way less visible to most people? Google wants people to think they have a voice about what happens with Android, not to actually give them one.
Blocking side loading will force apps and any generated revenue into Google’s Play store which is exactly the point of this no matter what Google says.
The bloviating Google is doing now is irrelevant. The company will move forward with blocking side loading within the next few months, guaranteed.
Exactly. They’ll back down a little bit to reduce some of the bad publicity, and then later they’ll quietly expand the remit until the same end is reached anyway.
The frog is boiled slowly.
I feel like experienced users is going to be people who know how to use ADB, which means that they didn’t change anything from their original statement. That’s just my concern.
How generous of them that we’re allowed to install software on our mobile computers that we own.
Let’s wait and sew how that’s supposed to work. Inb4 you have to verify yourself as experienced user to be able to do this…
In this day and age, I’d be not at all surprised if you had to pay a monthly “developer fee” or similar to get access to sideloading.
A one hour cooldown period, a scammer would not want to be on the phone with you for over an hour to try to wait for the timer to run out, and any experienced user will enable it when they very first get their phone, so won’t have to ever deal with it again. LOL.
That’s not true. The YouTube scam baiters are on the phone with the same scammers for many hours
What counts as “experienced”? Because I’m capable of installing a custom ROM
On another article I read, according to Google:
Anyone who’s not gullible enough to turn off multiple protections, by following directions of someone scamming you.
Installing a custom ROM is rookie numbers. Removing a faulty wallpaper through TWRP (sRGB palette was not supported on Android 9 or something), THIS is the real skill xD
ZOOM!! Watch out for low-flying obtuseness…
Thanks for the warning lol
You’re not wrong and you even kind of support my point. The barrier must be pretty low, equal to the difficulty of installing a ROM
We are designing this flow specifically to resist coercion, ensuring that users aren’t tricked into bypassing these safety checks while under pressure from a scammer. It will also include clear warnings to ensure users fully understand the risks involved, but ultimately, it puts the choice in their hands.
That sounds great actually! Lets see how they actually implement it though. After how they communicated this previously, I’m hesitant to get my hopes up.
What’s the problem with side loading apps? It might mess up my own shit, that I bought and own, and can fuck up if I wish?
I’ll believe it when I see it.
