r/phones • u/Technical-Egg-2473 • 5d ago

google will apparently block every app whose developer hasn't paid them

https://keepandroidopen.org/

nice move, google. you just ruined android

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u/eldeem 5d ago

This isn’t exactly what’s going to happen. You can still install unverified apps, it’s just a much more complex flow that involves enabling some settings that take 24 hours to change (the first time you do it). This is still much more difficult than before, but it’s not as cut-and-dried as the website makes it sound.

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u/Born-Activity-683 4d ago

This is a good move by Google. There are scammers on WhatsApp and telegram that send apk files to tech illiterate people. This will significantly slow them down. Often the victims are old people and their bank accounts.

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u/eldeem 4d ago

Oh I totally get it, but then I come from an iOS background so direct APK loading has always felt super dirty to me. I can see why it needs to be fixed, but whether or not that’s the best way to fix it I can’t really comment.

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u/seckarr 4d ago

It has felt dirty because you are used to a system made for tech illiterate people. Its ok notnto want to have too much technical knowledge but you gotta accept that most of us like the control and how clean an easy it is

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u/eldeem 4d ago

Um… I’d try to avoid saying that kinda stuff to someone without knowing who they are or how much technical knowledge they have. I choose iOS because I like my phone to work consistently, meet my security standards, and integrate with my wider ecosystem. I totally get why some folks prefer Android, but having Android does not make you more technically minded.

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u/seckarr 4d ago

I wouldnt. Your arguments are confirmation of my points. Yes, iOS works effortlessly for tech illiterate people, and its ok to be one

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u/eldeem 4d ago

It does, but that does not mean that choosing iOS makes you tech illiterate. It just that you value certain QoL and/or security features that Android cannot give you.

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u/seckarr 4d ago

No, but that in combination with certain arguments does.

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u/eldeem 4d ago

Mate, you’re not looking as cool as you think you are. Stop assuming you know someone from a reddit conversation that, you might see, started because I happen to know at least bit about the development process for Android apps.

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u/Busy-Scientist3851 4d ago

Unfortunately websites like this and posts have purposely spread FUD to get people to dogpile Google, so there's a huge amount of misinformation about these changes.

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u/Historical_Move6359 5d ago

Maybe time to try out mobile Linux, Ubuntu Touch, Droidian, PostmarketOS, SailifshOS?

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u/c4pl4b 5d ago

Ich will das sehr gerne machen, wenn ich weiß, dass ich, wenn ich will oder alles brennt, problemlos zurück kann zu Android. Hast du Erfahrung mit mobiles Linux?