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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by michaelt on Sunday January 25, 2026 @06:11AM (#46753027)
Eh, somehow The Pirate Bay, Fitgirl Repacks, Anna's Archive, Sci-Hub etc seem to manage it.

The real challenge is delivering good enough performance that your site is better than waiting through 30 seconds of ads; and making it worth your time to run the site: there's hassle, legal risk, and it's not like you can run ads to make some cash.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by direwolf20 on Sunday January 25, 2026 @06:14AM (#46753051)
They're all severely bandwidth limited. Wouldn't work for YouTube. TPB and FGR get around this using torrents.
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