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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by hollow-moe on Thursday September 12, 2024 @05:29PM (#41525786)
Smart move, you're not forcing the use of your app store if all major applications enable this of their own will
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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by infotainment on Thursday September 12, 2024 @07:43PM (#41526823)
Extremely sneaky, and by being much more subtle than Apple they might just get away with it, while achieving the same basic effect: locking down their walled garden.

Unfortunate.

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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by meepmorp on Thursday September 12, 2024 @08:15PM (#41526990)
Why are you opposed to letting the authors decide on whether or not they want their app sideloaded?
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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by hamandcheese on Thursday September 12, 2024 @09:10PM (#41527228)
Because that makes me less free.
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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by mystified5016 on Thursday September 12, 2024 @10:03PM (#41527441)
Why are you opposed to letting the user install software in any way they want?
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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by meepmorp on Thursday September 12, 2024 @10:58PM (#41527706)
I'm fine with letting users sideload software, but I'm also fine with letting the people writing the software decide how they want it distributed. Everyone gets to have their say!
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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by stevenAthompson on Friday September 13, 2024 @04:19PM (#41534733)
Because I am tired of living in what Cory Doctorow calls a "demon haunted world".

https://locusmag.com/2017/09/cory-doctorow-demon-haunted-wor...

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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by RedAuburn on Friday September 13, 2024 @05:40PM (#41535437)
Google's hegemony will lead to companies enabling this 'to be on the safe side'. This is a move entirely to maintain Google's dominance of android app distribution.
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Re:Apps can now block sideloading easier and force downloads... by jakeogh on Thursday September 12, 2024 @05:58PM (#41526044)
Yep. It will become the default after a bit. As I mentioned in the other thread, Google is using its monopoly position to force consumers to do business with it (by forcing them to have a google account to use the play walled garden).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41517159

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