"Sideloading" is anti-property-rights loaded language.

The correct term for installing something by means other than the Google-approved method is "installing normally."

It is the act of capitulating to Google's control, due to the incorrect belief that you need its permission to use your own property how you want, that needs a new term. So far all I've been able to come up with is "cuckloading," though I'm not happy with how sexism-adjacent it is and am open to suggestions.

Awww... Uncle Google just wants what's best for me! So what's the harm in getting into his van? What's the worst that could happen?

The classic "you are too dumb to choose" if only education was a thing...

We are at a time where governments and corporations actively dumb things down until they can make this excuse, instead of actually doing what is right for the people, which is investing in education and treating people as intelligent and autonomous beings.

The problem is this is already being used to do political censorship so any restriction on what users can install on their device is harmful, because it's not just weird nerds but people need to use other apps like ice watch

As someone who replaces "core" apps with FOSS alternatives, the 24 hour wait is quite a punishment.

"Sideload" is such a dumb name for what is just the act of installing apps of your own choosing.

The majority of people

Stop using such shit excuses. Keep Android Open!!

Are there any real statistics about the real number of scams deployed via "sideloading non verified apps?"

I do not know the number. But I don't think there are that many cases. Most scams I've seen have been via web or via a normal app downloaded on the appStore.

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Fuck's sake.

And now we know this "reporter", Patrick Campanale, is a bootlicker

With arguments like those that person already seems like an astroturfer IMO. Also sideloading is the language corporations used to delegitimize decentralized app installation.

Everything on my grapheneOs is sideloaded,

I can get behind a delay to enable side loading and the warning screens are nothing to me since I can just click past them. Though the delay should be more like 30-60 minutes at the most.

The real problem is requiring devs (even outside of the play store) to identify themselves. That is ridiculous and does absolutely nothing to secure the device for the user. (It only secures it under Google for their interests)

Also, it locks alternative sources to the Play Store out. How convenient, right?

I thought surely this was a joke. ... I thought.

Sent from GrapheneOS

The opinions of a christian youth pastor who loves claude code.

I prefer package managers & installing software to locked corpo market bullshit loading

Why would it first help people and then hurt them?

Indian accent: "Alright mam, when you install this app, I will contact you tomorrow and we can proceed with the transfer. For security reasons, don't tell anyone you received this call."

Bruh screw android and its updates, it fucked up and it keeps getting worse, its updates are very occasional, at least if they were worthy then fine i'm with ya, but no, they are just junk, they slow down my phone and are many times buggy; it keep restricting users and developers under the term of 'security', go fuck ur security, I know what I'm doing, either gimme full control over my property or fuck off. This is MA phone NOT urs!

When I get a new phone, I'll either find a way to get an old android version like v10, or just find another system.

Sideload deez nuts

I'm throwing my phone into the sea the moment it tells me I'm not allowed to do something.

He very technicaly speaking is correct. Pepole are dumb as bricks when it comes to technology.

Remind me why the fuck I removed Google Play Services from my Motorola here and replaced them with microG because of a maps app that needed it? Oh it's because of this.... Yeah. Lol.

Link to the article (for the comments, the article itself is pretty much AI)

https://www.howtogeek.com/android-24-hour-sideloading-delay-shouldve-happened-years-ago/

The last one is probably true, though. Most Android users don't care about sideloading. Those who are being pressured to do so will face the 24 hour lock.

On the other hand, I'm an iPhone user who knows Android as well as anyone. So if I were to pick up, say a Pixel 11 Pro or a Galaxy S27 (so, looking at next year's lineup), the first thing I'm gonna do is hit that developer option to enable sideloading. I know where it is. I know how to unlock it. And I know the risks. In the meantime I'm gonna set up Nova Prime, I'm gonna put Poweramp on it, I'm gonna be setting up KLCK and KLWP (and maybe KWGT) and all the other apps. By the time I need to sideload anything, I'll have the important stuff out of the way and shouldn't have to wait that long.

Literally why would I not just buy an iphone if google goes through with disabling sideloading