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‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws near (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 14 points 5 months ago (5 children)

What happens to existing side loaded apps on my phone?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I believe nothing, Google still allows side loading via ADB and apparently sideloading is not exactly going anywhere, but when you want to install one, you have to wait 24 hours and reboot your phone, as I said though terminal bypasses these, it's just security stuff all again, I guess Google isn't very happy about society's widespread misinformation that Android is less secure than iOS

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    I've found it impossible to run apps from APKpure. Google Play gets in the way, stops the app from startup because "it might be malicious" and does not give you the option to run it anyway. I have sideloaded apps and run into the same problem. I'd read you can disable Google Play Services to get around it, but the apps themselves require it. These are just Japanese escape games, nothing sketchy.

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