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Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form] (docs.google.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Source of feedback form:

https://developer.android.com/developer-verification (bottom of page)

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What a disappointing week. I was looking to replace my five year old iPhone with an android phone and now I'm just stumped. Pixel 10 looked pretty good but then this sudden verification requirement news hit. Both platform are now equally crap. The hell with both of these shitty companies. Maybe I'll go full retro and get a dumb phone instead.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Get a pixel secondhand and put an android fork on it. Its what I will likely do because I am sick of Google in my life and dont want to pay through the nose for a glossy shit that doesnt even have a file manager from apple.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It’s not great, and heavily restricted, but it for sure exists

    That's kind of the point though. Apple's file manager portrays a "flat" filesystem, where all of your data is laid out neatly on the table - so to speak - and the actual locations of those directories within the system are buried inside vague and protected locations "for security". Android file managers embrace a more traditional Unix-like filesystem hierarchy.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    I am really hoping that PostmarketOS will become more viable.

    I've been trying to get rid of all American service provider (dropped netflix, duolingo); smartphones are more difficult though because they need to work.

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