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New Samsung phones block sideloading by default (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What's the problem? you can disable it, and, for example, I don't want my 80 yr old mother sideloading stuff. It's not like Apple where you just CAN'T do stuff.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

the problem is the one we're gonna have in a few years if nobody steps in now and does something

cough cough EU please

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

she already can't unless she specifically enables sideloading

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

And that popup probably scares her away from doing it anyway.