The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android

Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android by josinalvo on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:30PM (#20004098)

I did not root my phone yet, and I install apps with f-droid just fine. The only thing I had to do, if I recall correctly, was enabling third party apps instalation

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Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android by lol768 on Saturday May 25, 2019 @11:48AM (#20009639)

Try it again and watch the process closely. You'll get an additional prompt when you use F-Droid that doesn't appear with the Play store.

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Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android by josinalvo on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @04:23PM (#20044960)

Indeed there is an extra confirmation step, and it freezes some processes (specifically, those that alter the screen, like red shifters)

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