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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by kikonen on Sunday August 31, 2025 @04:22AM (#45081452)
People get scammed over phonecalls all the time and we're not opening up for debate my freedom to accept calls from unknown users. Because why would you? Doing that is like using a nuke to kill a fly.

This reeks as a powergrab that restricts my freedom disguised with the classic "for the greater good". Same as the new UK age verification laws

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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by mike_hearn on Sunday August 31, 2025 @06:04AM (#45081955)
> we're not opening up for debate my freedom to accept calls from unknown users

That debate was had already and was lost. Phone scammers get blocked by telcos all the time.

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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by kikonen on Monday September 01, 2025 @03:54AM (#45090533)
I guess the analogy is not perfect since when making a phone call you're using the network (which you're "renting"). In that sense the callers are blocked from using that network, which makes sense (this would be equiv from being banned from uploading malicious apk to an app store I guess)

What I am saying is that I have not been stopped from taking calls from unknown numbers just because the call might be a scam. Likewise I don't wanna be stopped from installing an apk just because it might be a scam.

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