ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droidwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square308linkfedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down17
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minus-squareAlteredEgo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoHow does google plan to enforce this? Will they disable side-loading for any app that isn’t registered with google?
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 days agothat’s exactly what they are going to do. on every device released by certified partners. https://www.android.com/certified/partners/ unless they change their mind on this, android will soon be a walled garden like the iphone is.
minus-square📛Maven@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 days agoThat is their intent, yes. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/
minus-squareJan@muenchen.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago@AlteredEgo Yes, pretty much. You need to sign the app with a key registered with Google. @ardi60
How does google plan to enforce this? Will they disable side-loading for any app that isn’t registered with google?
that’s exactly what they are going to do. on every device released by certified partners.
https://www.android.com/certified/partners/
unless they change their mind on this, android will soon be a walled garden like the iphone is.
That is their intent, yes. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/
@AlteredEgo
Yes, pretty much. You need to sign the app with a key registered with Google.
@ardi60