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Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 months ago

Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play

www.androidauthority.com

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Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play

www.androidauthority.com

Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 months ago
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The Play Integrity API has made it easier for apps to check whether you installed or bought them from Google Play.
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      You can degoogle on Android you know. Takes some effort, but the end result is better than moving into a walled garden.

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        You can degoogle on Android you know.

        only if your device is supported. Most aren’t…

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          Lineage OS supports a few hundred devices

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          LineageOS with microg works for most devices

          Issue is that it is no secure. People should be buying pixels flashing calyx or graphene going forward for their next upgrade IMHO

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            Issue is that it is no secure.

            Explain. I’m tired of hearing this boogeyman, tell me exactly how Lineage is “not secure” but Graphene is?

            Then maybe give me some examples of cases where that difference has actually been a problem.

            Because it feels like a lot of these “unsecure” things people hand-wring over are really just user freedoms they may use to hurt themselves, not actual vulnerabilities that can’t be avoided with common sense.

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              Primarily because bootloader is not lockable, plus delayed updates.

              Also, they do some weird thing with how it is developed. I think it is always in some weird “developer” state but I don’t remember details.

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          Those are really quite rare. Most have workarounds these days or just work outright.

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          Apps that don’t work are usually the worst privacy offenders lol

          People will need to make a choice, corpos won’t make it easier for the slave

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            I mean, you can be as snotty about this as you like, but it doesn’t change the fact this “choice” is basically between participate in the same digital world as most people do with the most popular, most supported, and highest value apps, vs only what you can use in F Droid or something?

            You’re calling them slaves but can you give them anything more appealing outside the walled garden than “privacy”? It’s not like everything on the play store has an F-Droid corollary. You’re basically telling them to dramatically reduce their own use case. Does that make them a slave?

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          You asked how to degoogle

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              And…move to iOS? The even more locked down platform? What solution are you proposing here?

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                  You asked “what solution are you proposing?”

                  Now I am confused.

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      Something AOSP like Lineage OS

      You can install MicroG if you need play compatibility

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          No play store no problems

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