ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoGoogle's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droidwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square300linkfedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down19
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minus-squareAlteredEgo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoHow does google plan to enforce this? Will they disable side-loading for any app that isn’t registered with google?
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minus-square📛Maven@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 months 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-up1·7 months 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?
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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