How much did Google pay him to write this? Asking for a friend
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"Sideloading" is anti-property-rights loaded language.
The correct term for installing something by means other than the Google-approved method is "installing normally."
It is the act of capitulating to Google's control, due to the incorrect belief that you need its permission to use your own property how you want, that needs a new term. So far all I've been able to come up with is "cuckloading," though I'm not happy with how sexism-adjacent it is and am open to suggestions.
Might be easier to come up with a specific name for installing something from Google. "Google loading" maybe.
The we just go back to "installing".
Walled-Garden-stalling?
"A googol steps to add an app"
Authoritarian-stall
Package Micromanager
Daddy Google's allowances
Controlware / Slaveware / Theirware
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Awww... Uncle Google just wants what's best for me! So what's the harm in getting into his van? What's the worst that could happen?
Patrick Campanale, you're a spineless corporate shill and I hope one day, you will pay for that spinelessness
And now we know this "reporter", Patrick Campanale, is a bootlicker
Let's not jump to conclusions! He just might really be this stupid to believe these claims.
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The majority of people
Stop using such shit excuses. Keep Android Open!!
The majority of people have 2 arms. So why bother with prosthetics or research into biofeedback?
See, it's flawless logic /s
"Sideload" is such a dumb name for what is just the act of installing apps of your own choosing.
You're missing the point. It is "just" the act of downloading and installing, which were seen as normal things to do. However, by calling it "sideloading" they can then attach any meaning, any implication they wish. This is now something different and wierd, not something normal people do, does your mom sideload? I'm pretty sure the battle for control of your phone that you bought was lost as soon as we allowed them to call it sideloading.
I'm not missing any point at all, your post is in essential agreement with mine, lol.
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That person already seems like an astroturfer IMO. Also sideloading is the language corporations used to delegitimize decentralized app installation.
The classic "you are too dumb to choose" if only education was a thing...
We are at a time where governments and corporations actively dumb things down until they can make this excuse, instead of actually doing what is right for the people, which is investing in education and treating people as intelligent and autonomous beings.
Indian accent: "Alright mam, when you install this app, I will contact you tomorrow and we can proceed with the transfer. For security reasons, don't tell anyone you received this call."
Right, the real solution is not letting old people answer phone calls anymore, I guess, lol.
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Also, it locks alternative sources to the Play Store out. How convenient, right?
grapheneOS wont be affected by this so, atleast we dont loose all hope
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The problem is this is already being used to do political censorship so any restriction on what users can install on their device is harmful, because it's not just weird nerds but people need to use other apps like ice watch
As someone who replaces "core" apps with FOSS alternatives, the 24 hour wait is quite a punishment.
We need those phone shops that actually can hack your phones back, just like when we use custom OS in nokia phones pre-smartphones, normalize custom ROM again.
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Are there any real statistics about the real number of scams deployed via "sideloading non verified apps?"
I do not know the number. But I don't think there are that many cases. Most scams I've seen have been via web or via a normal app downloaded on the appStore.
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I can get behind a delay to enable side loading and the warning screens are nothing to me since I can just click past them. Though the delay should be more like 30-60 minutes at the most.
The real problem is requiring devs (even outside of the play store) to identify themselves. That is ridiculous and does absolutely nothing to secure the device for the user. (It only secures it under Google for their interests)
I even get the idea of the forced restart and the general waiting time - assuming a scammer wants you to install a "side loaded" app, it will disconnect their call with you, of they're calling you on that phone. Same for a waiting period that forces the scammer to either hang around on the phone with you for a long time or to call again some time in the future.
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Everything on my grapheneOs is sideloaded,
Everything on my GrapheneOS is installed normally, by which I mean "however the fuck I want".
Fuck allowing the act of exercising your rights as the owner to be demonized with bullshit loaded language!
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I thought surely this was a joke. ... I thought.
Sent from GrapheneOS
Sideload deez nuts
Patrick you should go fuck yourself, you are not different from that low life systemd age field PR asshole
The opinions of a christian youth pastor who loves claude code.
I prefer package managers & installing software to locked corpo market bullshit loading
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