Google considered locking down sideloading on Android during Fortnite feud

Posted by vezycash on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:57AM
from the 9to5google.com dept.

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Re:Google considered locking down sideloading on Android dur... by mrkramer on Friday August 20, 2021 @09:02AM (#28245479)

This is smoke screen you can always sideload your apps using .apk file. Epic has superhero complex.

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Re:Google considered locking down sideloading on Android dur... by sebyx07 on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:31AM (#28244877)

I think it was good if they did lock down, then a open source fork of android would have become mainstream

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