But they hate side loading

And that's the alternative they give to having to pay a fortune and dox yourself in order to upload an app to the Play Store? Having to rely on Gemini?

These apps are still required to comply with Google Play’s existing policies but allow users to experiment more directly with building apps for Android.

Gawd, I hate this timeline.

Google blocks/cripples the ability to "sideload" apps, but I'm free to have AI generate some slop app, as long as it fits with Googles vision of what I'm allowed to do with my device and I'm not allowed to share it.

Good times /s

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Degoogled ROM + F-Droid. Because fuck Google and their Play.

maybe i missed it but i don't see a requirement on the apps being vibe coded. sure they are marketing it as that but the end result is a binary either way. if this really is for any app and not reliant on a built-in ai then this is kind of cool. especially as they say you will be abke to.share it with friends/family in the future

to be clear - free sideloading is the best solution.