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Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
(www.androidauthority.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2025
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Then why aren't they already doing that by blocking DuckDuckGo?
The DuckDuckGo app blocks all apps from sending to Google (and other advertisers) tracking/ad data on a system level. And it's freely available on the Play Store (has been for years.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckgo.mobile.android
If they wanted to prevent apps from blocking their ad abilities, this app would never have been allowed on the Play Store.
Antitrust lawsuits and plausible deniability
If they blocked it now, people would just sideload it.
Thank you random lemming, didn't know about duckduckgo-s tracker blocking capabilities, have it installed now.