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Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] themachine 92 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well that's an easy fix. I just won't use those apps.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago (12 children)

So no banking apps for you? I agree that this is shit, but pretending we are not hit by this is not helping.

Also, I don't really use banking apps anyway because they already pull similar shit and I can get around it. For now.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately so far I haven't come across a bank here in the Netherlands that wouldn't work because my phone was rooted or because I'm running grapheneos. Hope it stays that way too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Is there any reason anyone would want to use an out of date banking app?

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[–] themachine 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Correct. I've never used banking apps in the first place anyway. If my bank doesnt have a functional website then I would change banks.

And i say this not to be difficult or contrarian. I just really hate using apps for every business in existence and simply refuse to do so. Yes I have absolutely sacrificed convenience on many occasions due to this principal.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not a single app on my phone was installed through Google Play, it's all Aurora. Guess if apps really do this i'll just have to stop using them, cause I'm not installing the play store.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I wish i can degoogle my phone but its a few months old so no rom support and its a samsung :<

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago (21 children)

What if I sideload purely to downgrade a bugged app? Just seems like yet another kick in the teeth by Google.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago (1 children)

BOOOOO!

YOUR DECISIONS ARE BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD.

google, not op

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago

time to demand apps in other repositories. Bonus if it's f-droid compatible

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Aw shit, it says this is supposed to detect when an app's binary has been tampered with... That means it's probably gonna be used to block stuff like ReVanced. I hope they can find a way around this that doesn't require root.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago

Nah, revanced will just patch that out too!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I guess Revanced would eventually have a patch to skip this check. It can already spoof the client and such, why not this as well. I hope so

[–] Zak 45 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The whole tech world saw Microsoft Palladium as a nightmare scenario, but was quiet ten years later when Apple and Google did the same thing to our phones. That was a mistake.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can we also sue Google for the same shit as apple? Sideloading isn't enough.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

This is the individual app's fault and not Googles. It's like getting mad at Steam for allowing apps with DRM. Is feature is entirely optional and requires extra effort to implement.

Also didn't Google already get sued in the USA for Android not being open enough or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Google Play IS my "sideloading" app repository.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Some paid apps actually prevents the user from using it if it's not paid from Google play

[–] Clent 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Are you suggesting such an app can be purchased outside Google play but not used?

Having an app check a license server isn't exactly new. Google play is simply a third party license server.

[–] accideath 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, but you can download the APKs anyways. Which is most likely exactly why this is being implemented. I doubt many developers of free apps are going to turn this feature on.