cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70573832
Move to Graphene, Calyx, Sailfish, Lineage, Postmarket OS, Ubuntu Touch before the Google prison door shuts.
Which 4 countries?
It’s not called “sideloading”, by the way, it’s called installing software on your own computer.
Indonesia, Brazil, Thailand and Singapore.
But sideloading makes it sound so ominous and even dangerous.
If you listen very carefully, you might hear me sighing deeply at the level of stupidity we all have to live in.
I think the problem is that even when people agree with you there is no specific term for installing apps in the way that will be limited other than the term “sideloading”
So its kinda hard to communicate clearly without using it. But the plays into googles dichotomy between installing the way they want and installing the way they don’t
“Google will restrict installing apps from 2027”
Sounds clear and to the point to me.
We should start calling installing an App from the PlayStore “Google-Loading” lmao
Google’s enshittification continues
Spyloading
People are gonna ignore this, then complain that “no one warned them about this” or “why didn’t you try harder warning us”
What percentage of Android users sideload? I would think an enthusiastic minority who are well aware of the deadline.
Stop using the term “sideloading”, as if it was something bad.
It’s just installing apps. Google will restrict installing apps and force users to only install the apps that they want you to install.
If only I had the luxury of owning a phone that was compatible with any of the alternative OSs.
If people stopped buying iPhones🇺🇸🤡 that would help.
For those with apps already installed, will the apps just stop working? Or will they be uninstalled?
according to Google, you can enable an “advanced mode” that lets you keep using other software: https://piefed.world/post/1386916#comment_6826604
(not sure what will happen in that 24 hours waiting period)
I keep trying to do this but keep forgetting after the 24hr I need to go back and verify. Somewhere along the lines it kills it and I have to start a new 24hr wait time
The system is working as intended.
Yeah i swear to god, all tgey do is relying on the fact that people are too lazy or lose patience. And i think it’ll pay off for them.
Been running Lineage OS for a few years on older pixel phones but decided to grab a Pixel Fold off of eBay and going to load Graphene onto it.
I’m still not comfortable degoogling my software by googling my hardware.
Same. I’m on a pixel phone with grapheneos. I like it a lot, but i really don’t like the fact that it runs on google hardware. I’m side eying the bew Motorola lineup, but i don’t want to spend over 1k on a phone.
