Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without verification

Re:Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without ... by khannn on Thursday November 13, 2025 @06:14AM (#45913534)

If they're going to reduce me to a user, iOS is the better choice. I had an iPhone before and it's a picture taking, instagram, social media machine with iMessage—bringing the console wars to normies since inception.

Because the hardware is so constrained an iphone lasts forever compared to a similar android. My two year old pixel is slow now, but I know people completely happy with a five year old iphone. Pause, I checked and the oldest iphone that receives updates is an iphone 11, which is the exact model I had before going back to android.

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Re:Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without ... by akimbostrawman on Thursday November 13, 2025 @07:06AM (#45913925)

I have multiple generations of pixel phones and could not tell the difference in performance between them in basic tasks. Maybe because i installed GrapheneOS which makes both stock android and ios feel like a bloat and spyware riddled toy.

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Re:Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without ... by khannn on Thursday November 13, 2025 @07:27PM (#45922485)

I have a Pixel 7 and it's ridiculously slow so I've been thinking about GrapheneOS.

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Re:Google will allow users to sideload Android apps without ... by akimbostrawman on Friday November 14, 2025 @03:02AM (#45924851)

The only reason for me to get a pixel is GOS. I never want to get back, it makes other mobile os feel icky.

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