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submitted 4 days ago by tomyhaw@lemmy.world to c/android

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How is this going to be enforced if you are just downloading apks? It states they will enforce verification across sources outside of the play store. This doesn't sound possible unless they just make stock android unable to side load

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[–] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You are likely thinking of google play protect, which does the same verification on their platform's end (to try to remove bad actor developer accounts as soon as possible), and the local device end as well (to remove said developers apps if they are already installed on your device). But yes, at the base level, what arrives on your phone from the play store are just signed apk files. That's why mirror sites like apkmirror or apkpure can do what they do, by extracting said apks after they have been released onto the play store.

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That's not quite all of it. It can also do diff updates (so you don't have to download the whole apk), staged rollouts and different builds for different devices. And of course it provides APIs for license management, in app purchases, update notifications, etc. All of this could be achieved by using other services (like F-Droid) or custom build websites, but the convenience for the everyday user isn't quite the same.

[–] tomyhaw@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the explanation. So essentially custom roms with Google play services removed will actually be needed to download to he good apps like new pipe and the like