[HN Gopher] Android now allows apps to block sideloading
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       Android now allows apps to block sideloading
        
       Author : kklisura
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2024-09-11 21:42 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | wilsonnb3 wrote:
       | I wonder if Google will try to use this on the YouTube app to
       | prevent revanced from working.
        
         | badRNG wrote:
         | Couldn't they just patch out that check?
        
           | ranger_danger wrote:
           | Depends where the check is... most likely outside of the app
           | itself. A regular phone with google play services already has
           | a "backdoor" of sorts where google can push any code they
           | want to you... which they have already used for dubious
           | purposes like forcefully uninstalling certain apps from
           | devices under the guise of security.
        
       | alextingle wrote:
       | Isn't the possibility of side-loading one of the main things
       | protecting Google Play Store from being hammered by the Digital
       | Markets Act?
        
         | croes wrote:
         | It's the app developer's decision if their app can be side
         | loaded.
         | 
         | Doesn't change the possibility as such.
        
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