Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration for App Distribution

Re:Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration... by bigbadfeline on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @08:16PM (#47146022)

> The hapless Android user does not understand the negative consequences of sideloading.

Then make sideloading disabled by default but enable it when the users tap 7 times on whatever settings item. At that time, explain those "negative consonances" to them, explain them real good, don't spare anything and if they still hit "Yes, continue to enable sideloading" you do that immediately in order to avoid increasing their haplessness with other made-up excuses.

Simple.

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Re:Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration... by kode-targz on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @02:38PM (#47156694)

I don't see how people are against this. Especially tech-savvy people who browse HN. It really seems to me like everyone here who's on Google's side is just a bot in a botfarm somewhere. they can't possibly be real

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