News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Petition to stop Google from restricting sideloading and FOSS apps. Parent comment

Re:Petition to stop Google from restricting sideloading and ... by tliltocatl on Thursday August 28, 2025 @08:53AM (#45051588)
You might be right, but didn't same thing applied to Web Environment Integrity stuff, that they ended up stepping back on (for how short of a time stretch is another story)?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Petition to stop Google from restricting sideloading and ... by egorfine on Thursday August 28, 2025 @08:58AM (#45051628)
First, web environment integrity was about the web as a whole, not about something that is completely owned and under their control. Second, they will not stop trying. It was not their first approach and it won't be the last.

So, I believe that if they decided this is the path they want to take - they will find one way or another. It's not that resistance is futile (it's not!) but I believe that petitions are not a good tool for the case.

[ Parent | on HN ]