Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android

Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by mystifyingpoi on Sunday January 25, 2026 @06:47AM (#46753245)

I will be downvoted, but I'm not fooling myself. I don't care. As long as uBlock and yt-dlp still work, I'll use them. If Google breaks them, I'll resort to some automated screengrabbing + maybe some AI automation to click "skip" in a virtual machine or something.

People will use all sorts of excuses, like the ads are about gambling, or contain viruses, or are detrimental to mental health, or whatever. No, don't use these excuses. You just don't want ads, and it is still possible to not see them. That's respectable.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by Grazester on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:03AM (#46754159)

I will up vote you since you make no pretense about it.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by ndriscoll on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:01PM (#46757610)

I'm not sure how those are "excuses". They are reasons to not want ads. Ads are fundamentally malicious, so you should remove them from your life. I don't view attempting to "influence" me as a valid way to make a living, and am unconcerned with those who want to do it in the same way that I'm unconcerned about what would happen if someone tried to scam people with early wins in a shell game, but people just took the early win and walked instead of placing a big bet. That's just comeuppance.

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