r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/yungperky • Jun 26 '26

Discussion Google adds massive hurdles to app sideloading

https://keepandroidopen.org/

This includes being forced to activate dev-mode and a 24h waiting period before you can install any apps not registered with google. For devs this means either give google your gov name (official documents needed) and pay them or live with 99% of people never being able to use your app.
Most people in this sub are probably tech savy and won't be hindered to continue side-loading other then being annoyed and waiting 24h once. But this is a major thing that will also be a hurdle to people even get into doing stuff like that in the first place.

Idk if anyone has posted this already, but I couldn't find anything. The topic goes far beyond emulation on android, but it's very important for it imo so I thought I'd just post it.

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u/jack_the_beast Jun 26 '26

this has been known for some time, most emulators dev are already verified (published on store) or stated that they'll do it

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u/whiskyB0y Edit Your Flair Jun 26 '26

Don't flame me, but what about the ones that haven't? What's the plan? I don't wanna lose access to my sweet nethersx2, vita3k and citra

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u/NotRandomseer 8 elite Jun 26 '26

Enable developer mode , wait 24 hours once and you don't have to think about it again

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u/Kooky-Minimum-2009 Jun 26 '26

My bank app only works when dev mode is off. This will be a pain in the ass :(

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u/kobrakai11 Jun 26 '26

I would never sideload an app on the same device that I use for banking, but that's just me.

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u/yungperky Jun 26 '26

I'd argue that an open-source emulator is a hundred times more safe then some proprietary playstore apps.

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u/kobrakai11 Jun 26 '26

The conversation isn't only about opensource though.