Because sideloading is definitely a major security issue if you don’t know what you’re doing?
edit: obviously I am very much against banning side loading. Sideloading is close to being the only reason I use Android. But I can’t understand how few warnings really make people angry.
It’s definitely not a great idea to let general public just willy nilly install minecraft_cracked.apk without at least few warnings. I love Fdroid/Obtanium and I’m not going to deny it’s rather inconvenient to update apps with them but cmon…
I’m very happy my 12y old kid can’t just sideload shit nilly willy. He legit Googles minecraft hacks and downloads random apks and stuff if he gets the chance)
(his phone is also fully locked down with parental because a 12y old should have free reign on the internet, but that’s beside the point)
Scammers make old people install malicious app designed to steal user data and obviously much more. It’s a trick as old as the Internet itself but it’s much more devastating when literally almost every aspect of your life is at stake.
The issue is treating all third party stores as side loading, when no other category of device does this. It violates EU anti trust laws, and possibly US antitrust laws as this lawsuit explores. We trust people to have figured this out for PCs and macs, mobile is quite literally no different at this point.
Modern Windows gives you warning when you try to execute unsigned executables.
Android is not outright banning sideloading. It’s just showing you some annoying warnings, which, for me personally, is not enough deterrant to stop people from installing bad shit on their machine that has close to everything about that person.
what if I have a store that checks security properly? I mean how do you believe app store and play store then? belive them simply because they are corporate overlords? this is like saying “we don’t deserve freedom because we may do crimes”
Because sideloading is definitely a major security issue if you don’t know what you’re doing?
edit: obviously I am very much against banning side loading. Sideloading is close to being the only reason I use Android. But I can’t understand how few warnings really make people angry.
It’s definitely not a great idea to let general public just willy nilly install
minecraft_cracked.apkwithout at least few warnings. I love Fdroid/Obtanium and I’m not going to deny it’s rather inconvenient to update apps with them but cmon…If you don’t know what you are doing why would you be side loading? It seems pretty easy to avoid
I’m very happy my 12y old kid can’t just sideload shit nilly willy. He legit Googles minecraft hacks and downloads random apks and stuff if he gets the chance)
(his phone is also fully locked down with parental because a 12y old should have free reign on the internet, but that’s beside the point)
Scammers make old people install malicious app designed to steal user data and obviously much more. It’s a trick as old as the Internet itself but it’s much more devastating when literally almost every aspect of your life is at stake.
The issue is treating all third party stores as side loading, when no other category of device does this. It violates EU anti trust laws, and possibly US antitrust laws as this lawsuit explores. We trust people to have figured this out for PCs and macs, mobile is quite literally no different at this point.
Modern Windows gives you warning when you try to execute unsigned executables.
Android is not outright banning sideloading. It’s just showing you some annoying warnings, which, for me personally, is not enough deterrant to stop people from installing bad shit on their machine that has close to everything about that person.
F-Droid is a malware guys.
Good chance if you have Fdroid you know what you’re doing
what if I have a store that checks security properly? I mean how do you believe app store and play store then? belive them simply because they are corporate overlords? this is like saying “we don’t deserve freedom because we may do crimes”
They’re not making it impossible to install. Trust me if that was the case I’d just use iphone. But few warnings definitely don’t hurt imo.