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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by Izkata on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:44PM (#25694948)
Samsung does (or at least did) lock down their Android phones like that. They had to be rooted to get third-party APKs installed.
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by d3nj4l on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:49PM (#25695050)
Do you have a source? I can’t find any myself. I (and others in my family) have owned several Samsung phones and have always been able to install APKs, so this would be news to me.
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by Izkata on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:59PM (#25695216)
Did, then. My first smartphone was a Galaxy S in 2010, which was locked down like that.

Edit: Maybe it was AT&T, not Samsung, but if so that's a broader scope anyway - and my current AT&T Android phone isn't locked down.

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