Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe?

Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by john-h-k on Sunday August 31, 2025 @09:42AM (#45083094)

If this is true, why doesn’t someone sue and make an absolute huge amount of money?

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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by tomkarho on Sunday August 31, 2025 @09:57AM (#45083180)

There was a class action suit against Sony over preventing PS3 users from installing Linux on their consoles. I think it ended in Sony losing and having to pay reparations. Whether it was a "huge amount" is subject to debate.

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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by bbarnett on Sunday August 31, 2025 @10:17AM (#45083319)

Yes, but fheg advertised this feature pre-sale, and took it away later.

So Apple has never allowed sideloading. Google however?

Well if an update breaks that, it would be the same thing sort of.

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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by tomkarho on Sunday August 31, 2025 @11:55AM (#45084149)

Isn't Google kind of doing something to that ilk rn?

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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by bbarnett on Sunday August 31, 2025 @01:18PM (#45084943)

And that's where class action stuff happens, just like with Sony.

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