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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by yamtaddle on Monday April 17, 2023 @11:07AM (#35601917)
> when they haven't pulled out of the Play Store or required sideloading on Android where that's already been possible all along?

Has Android restricted spying as much as iOS has? I seem to recall Facebook freaking out pretty hard about iOS policy changes around tracking and blaming that for some serious revenue shortfalls, a while back, and have no such recollection about Android, but maybe I just missed it.

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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by Rhedox on Monday April 17, 2023 @11:54AM (#35602588)
The only thing that Android doesn't do is zero out the advertizing ID unless the user gives explicit permission.

That's an OS thing on iOS though, not a user one.

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