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Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play
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this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2024
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Well that's an easy fix. I just won't use those apps.
So no banking apps for you? I agree that this is shit, but pretending we are not hit by this is not helping.
Also, I don't really use banking apps anyway because they already pull similar shit and I can get around it. For now.
Fortunately so far I haven't come across a bank here in the Netherlands that wouldn't work because my phone was rooted or because I'm running grapheneos. Hope it stays that way too.
Is there any reason anyone would want to use an out of date banking app?
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Correct. I've never used banking apps in the first place anyway. If my bank doesnt have a functional website then I would change banks.
And i say this not to be difficult or contrarian. I just really hate using apps for every business in existence and simply refuse to do so. Yes I have absolutely sacrificed convenience on many occasions due to this principal.
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Not a single app on my phone was installed through Google Play, it's all Aurora. Guess if apps really do this i'll just have to stop using them, cause I'm not installing the play store.
I wish i can degoogle my phone but its a few months old so no rom support and its a samsung :<
this is the reason phone selection for me is based on what it supports.
but samsungs are ruled out anyway. their service centers desttoys your phone if you have asserted your ownership of it, their software is way too unnecessarily complicated (not the part you see, but the low level part that complicates the flashing process), and they are generally a garbage company.
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What if I sideload purely to downgrade a bugged app? Just seems like yet another kick in the teeth by Google.
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BOOOOO!
YOUR DECISIONS ARE BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD.
google, not op
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time to demand apps in other repositories. Bonus if it's f-droid compatible
Aw shit, it says this is supposed to detect when an app's binary has been tampered with... That means it's probably gonna be used to block stuff like ReVanced. I hope they can find a way around this that doesn't require root.
Nah, revanced will just patch that out too!
I guess Revanced would eventually have a patch to skip this check. It can already spoof the client and such, why not this as well. I hope so
The whole tech world saw Microsoft Palladium as a nightmare scenario, but was quiet ten years later when Apple and Google did the same thing to our phones. That was a mistake.
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Can we also sue Google for the same shit as apple? Sideloading isn't enough.
This is the individual app's fault and not Googles. It's like getting mad at Steam for allowing apps with DRM. Is feature is entirely optional and requires extra effort to implement.
Also didn't Google already get sued in the USA for Android not being open enough or something like that.
Google Play IS my "sideloading" app repository.
Some paid apps actually prevents the user from using it if it's not paid from Google play
Are you suggesting such an app can be purchased outside Google play but not used?
Having an app check a license server isn't exactly new. Google play is simply a third party license server.
No, but you can download the APKs anyways. Which is most likely exactly why this is being implemented. I doubt many developers of free apps are going to turn this feature on.
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