Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Google says it’s no different than checking IDs at the airport.
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“ but android is open source! You can do whatever you want with it!”
A 20 year-old lie, and I’m glad to see the android worshipers finally realize it was always a load of shit.
You can complain about iOS all you like, but android is no better. It’s about time people started to realize that.
I guess all these years of using apps from outside the Play Store and apps I've written myself have been an illusion.
You can write your own iOS app and install it on your phone. You just can’t distribute it without paying the troll toll.
I'm not a developer, but I want to use apps that aren't available on the official store.
It’s not impossible to sideload on an iPhone. More steps, sure, but not impossible.
Much more limited.
For now
There's a world of difference between iOS and Android.
Just look at Lineage and Graphene. Both independently compiled versions of Android. Show me the equivalent in iOS.
It's not so much the OS, it's the users.
I just upvoted a comment which is sure to get downvoted to hell.
You’re right though, the idea that you could “do whatever you want” with android was always a fantasy.
Me right now:
Can I install an independently compiled version of iOS an an iPhone, equivalent to Lineage or Graphene?
I'm currently running a fork of Lineage called DivestOS. That's 3 more versions of OS than available for iOS.
Stop acting like they're the same, because they're not. I use iOS for my work devices, and have since 2010.1 my personal devices are Android, because iOS won't allow me to do things as simple as move files the way I need to.
Watch out, we got a badass over here!
Sounds to me like you’re not using android, and this your condescending rhetorical question does not apply. Sure, you can put forks of forks on your device, but good luck running banking or travel or healthcare apps, among many others.
