You can stop using all Google products.
That may be true for you, but other people face different realities. When Google implements the sideloading block it will eventually be pushed to everyone who doesn't use a custom ROM.
You can stop using all Google products.
That may be true for you, but other people face different realities. When Google implements the sideloading block it will eventually be pushed to everyone who doesn't use a custom ROM.
The infuriating part of the Google enshittification process is that there is absolutely nothing the user can do about it.
Literally the only thing that motivates Google is profit. Controlling side-loaded apps will almost certainly boost their profits by a infinitesimal fraction of a percent, therefore it will be done. Even if consumer uproar causes Google to back down in the short term, they'll simply implement this a few months later. Late-stage Capitalism sucks.
I have a Surface Laptop 4 and have been running Mint exclusively for a couple of years. It's less well supported than the tablets and the initial installation took a bit of work, but once installed it has worked perfectly. The Linux Surface project has a detailed feature matrix that shows what's supported for each model.
Or it may be a student wanting to delay a test or just get out of class.
One idiot called in a bomb threat on Friday afternoons in a office complex where I worked. We enjoyed most every Friday afternoon off for a couple of months. He didn't enjoy what happened after they caught him.
“Our lives were so much better when Trump was president” is what I heard back in 2024.
And the same people will no doubt blame Biden for the closure of that hospital and everything else President Epstein is doing.
President Epstein's Tennessee voters are getting exactly what they voted for.
I know my sideloaded apps are safe. I have far less confidence with the apps Google allows in their App Store.
President Epstein has another fit.
Good. The only way this is going to change is if customers stop coming to places that demand a tip when an employee looks up from their phone.
Leaving a tip for decent table service is a given, but the absurdity of being asked to tip if someone literally does nothing more than presses a button on a register is a great way to lose customers permanently. We used to be regulars of a couple of small fast food places that started with this bullshit. Haven't been back since.
Personally I think "fears" is the wrong word.
Not everyone cares enough to avoid Google. Some of us that want to do so are related to them.