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Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social media, no browser’ — the Callback 8020 will be available in five retro colorways starting at $499, runs 99% of Android apps (www.tomshardware.com)
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Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish.

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[–] 10 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Do I misunderstand the article? They state following:

Users are still able to sideload apps outside those that are blocked, using APK installer files

Meaning you can only sideload apps, that are not blocked. So you would not be able to install anything they do not allow to.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    You misunderstand, the list of apps they block are "inside" the said list, while sideloading apps "outside" of the said list is possible. So you can only find and install whatever apps they've approved within whatever app store they use to serve apps to their customers, but you can install any apk on the phone by sideloading it, given the app supports the phones CPU architecture of course.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    "Users are still able to": Means despite the block list in the operating system, users can still do following...

    "sideload apps": ... install applications manually outside the app store...

    "those that are not blocked": ... applications not in the known block list from the company.

    I don't know how one can interpret this differently. Where does your "inside" and "outside" interpretation come from?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    You can sideload apps, whether they are on the blocklist or not. That's what the sentence* you quoted says. Well, that's what I interpret anyways. Maybe I'm wrong.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    I broke it down for you and explained each part. And that does not align with your interpretation. That's why I asked you where your interpretation comes from. "sideload apps those that are not blocked" means "sideload apps that are not on blocklist". Where does this paragraph states, that it allows to install apps whether they are on the blocklist or not? Could you explain it?

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