Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoGoogle gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they worked hard for it(including waiting 24 hours)android-developers.googleblog.comexternal-linkmessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1405arrow-down1external-linkGoogle gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they worked hard for it(including waiting 24 hours)android-developers.googleblog.comBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square137linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoBut the sideloading flow via dev options that they have revealed doesn’t require that and it’s easy to do…
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoFrom what angle is it easy to do? Enable developer mode (using a hidden process where you have to know where to find it) Go through a scary form Restart the device Wait 24 hours?! Go to the settings again Do some more scary confirmations Check another scary checkbox And then… confirm again every single time you install an app And you are telling me it’s easy to do? I can go publish a diet tracking app and Aunt Flo will happily go through this and I won’t lose customers?
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoI feel like if someone knows what an .apk is and where to download them, they’ll also know how to search for how to install them
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoYeah, and currently you don’t need to know what an apk is to install them.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThen you’re just installing from the play store are you not? If you want to use f-droid or something else you initially have to start with getting their .apk do you not? Or am I mistaken and misremembering?
But the sideloading flow via dev options that they have revealed doesn’t require that and it’s easy to do…
From what angle is it easy to do?
And you are telling me it’s easy to do? I can go publish a diet tracking app and Aunt Flo will happily go through this and I won’t lose customers?
I feel like if someone knows what an .apk is and where to download them, they’ll also know how to search for how to install them
Yeah, and currently you don’t need to know what an apk is to install them.
Then you’re just installing from the play store are you not? If you want to use f-droid or something else you initially have to start with getting their .apk do you not? Or am I mistaken and misremembering?