Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoLet Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form]docs.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1535file-text
arrow-up1535external-linkLet Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form]docs.google.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSulaymanF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoApple requires some developer credentials and notarization for sideloading apps, to prevent known malware. What is the problem with this? Edit: everyone this is an honest question.
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-25 months agoPeople use Android to not have such restrictions. Something like F-Droid (which published its own builds from source) would likely not be possible with such a model.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIt’s certainly one of the main reasons I moved.
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoFirst, we don’t have this in Android and we’re better off. It’s another flavour of gatekeeping. Second, why do we want to copy apple?
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoDo you think Google won’t revoke the signature for apps like revanced or newpipe or send a c&d to the now doxxed devs? Main reason apple did that is to limit piracy, nsfw apps and track how many installs so they can still bill the developer for that
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months ago“North Korea does [X], what’s the problem with [USA/UK/EU] doing [X]?”
Apple requires some developer credentials and notarization for sideloading apps, to prevent known malware. What is the problem with this?
Edit: everyone this is an honest question.
People use Android to not have such restrictions.
Something like F-Droid (which published its own builds from source) would likely not be possible with such a model.
It’s certainly one of the main reasons I moved.
First, we don’t have this in Android and we’re better off.
It’s another flavour of gatekeeping.
Second, why do we want to copy apple?
Do you think Google won’t revoke the signature for apps like revanced or newpipe or send a c&d to the now doxxed devs?
Main reason apple did that is to limit piracy, nsfw apps and track how many installs so they can still bill the developer for that
“North Korea does [X], what’s the problem with [USA/UK/EU] doing [X]?”