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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by trinix912 on Sunday January 25, 2026 @07:33AM (#46753560)
They don't in the EU. Not in Slovenia, so not the entire EU. I've seen it first hand. It's also not some special law that we'd have invented here so I'm pretty sure there are other EU countries where it's the same.
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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by gambiting on Sunday January 25, 2026 @04:08PM (#46758260)
>>They don't in the EU. Not in Slovenia, so not the entire EU.

In Poland you can buy Vivo phones with google services out of the box just fine.

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