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Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they worked hard for it(including waiting 24 hours) (android-developers.googleblog.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (9 children)

What? ID?

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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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