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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (9 children)

What? ID?

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago (8 children)

They want developers to share their IDs to have their apps on the play store. The limited groups is so hobbyist developers can still share apps without having to jump through those hoops and so the users don't need to go and enable sideloading, with the caveat that there's a call on how many users you can send it to it looks like.

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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

That's already the case. The new thing is that they want developers to share their ID to have their apps be installable on Android in the first place, even if they don't use the Play Store.

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[–] Arcadeep@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I wonder if this is a direct result of apps like ICE watch or ones that track billionaire planes and stuff

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[–] iSeth@lemmy.ml 1 point 7 months ago*

Google did just say they're "...leaning more into military contracts..." or something...

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

But the sideloading flow via dev options that they have revealed doesn't require that and it's easy to do...

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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

From what angle is it easy to do?

Enable developer mode (using a hidden process where you have to know where to find it)
Go through a scary form
Restart the device
Wait 24 hours?!
Go to the settings again
Do some more scary confirmations
Check another scary checkbox
And then... confirm again every single time you install an app

And you are telling me it's easy to do? I can go publish a diet tracking app and Aunt Flo will happily go through this and I won't lose customers?

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

I feel like if someone knows what an .apk is and where to download them, they'll also know how to search for how to install them

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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

Yeah, and currently you don't need to know what an apk is to install them.

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago

Then you're just installing from the play store are you not? If you want to use f-droid or something else you initially have to start with getting their .apk do you not? Or am I mistaken and misremembering?