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Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 days ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google: "Based on this feedback and our ongoing conversations with the community, we are building a new advanced flow that allows experienced users to accept the risks of installing software that isn't verified. We are designing this flow specifically to resist coercion, ensuring that users aren't tricked into bypassing these safety checks while under pressure from a scammer. It will also include clear warnings to ensure users fully understand the risks involved, but ultimately, it puts the choice in their hands."

Thank god. I would've ditched Android for good if this went through, and while it sounds like it would be annoying for casual users to enable unverified apps, at least we can still install them.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Let em all shut me down. If they don't need my business, I don't need theirs. I just found out that Casio makes a g-shock with Bluetooth and you can screw with it using python and an unlisted API.

One more nail in the coffin for my smartphone footprint. I just want an 8" linux tablet, a watch that can give me messages from signal and a battery powered access point.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Please tell me there is a video about this that is not on youtube.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

To be honest, it's probably the last thing that doesn't exist properly on YouTube.

But like 99.999% of everything else, it's not on peertube either.

If you hit a Google search, there are probably a handful of projects for Bluetooth, Casio, Python.

There are a bunch of videos of people reviewing the watch, but they're watch reviewers. Other than the Android or iOS app, they hardly touch that it supports anything.

[–] Integrate777@discuss.online 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

The biggest problem are the banking apps. If you're standing at checkout and your payment app says

"Unverified apps have been detected on your phone. Please uninstall and try again."

99% of people will delete FDroid and never sideload anything ever again.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

With every credit card in existence, supporting Tap to pay these days. We have a pretty decent alternative.