2026-05-01 12:46 UTC
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@Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 13:18
_After_ massive pushback. Their original plan was basically full control. It still is, but they'll allow you to install something if you ask nicely first. The other issue is the timing. They can claim this is for security all they want, but it was announced suspiciously close to the courts ruling that Google needed to open up their ecosystem to other app stores. This is a blatant attempt to keep control of the app ecosystem by forcing devs to go through Google regardless of where they intend to release.
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@XLE@piefed.social 2026-05-01 14:06
Google is "only" locking you out of using _your_ phone for 24 hours...  For extra security, let's make it a week. Let's make it a month. Let's make it a year.
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@rolling@piefed.ca 2026-05-01 15:02
Ok? Its still my phone, my hardware, and now I have to wait 24 hours before I can install wahtever I want on the phone that I goddamn paid for with my own goddamn money. Also, let's not pretend as if they not eventually going to go back to their original plan once the initial backlash dies down and people get used to the new norm.
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@DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 2026-05-01 16:15
That's what they're doing *so far. * I very strongly doubt this is the last time the deal is altered.
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@voxel@feddit.uk 2026-05-01 14:14
For everyone unaware, enabling developer options already makes your OS less secure, so Google is requiring you to make yourself more vulnerable just to have the right to install any software, not just those allowed by Google. This has been among others confirmed by GrapheneOS themselves:  Other: https://floss.social/@IzzyOnDroid/116261079131226664
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@Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 2026-05-01 13:14
Doesn't the new process require the use of Google Play Services? Removing it would thus render a device unable to install apps at all.
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@DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 14:25
This is supposed to be a simplified message for tech illiterate people. While it may not be fully accurate, the alternative is something that <= 5% of the population will understand. Additionally, as others have pointed out, this is how the change was originally planned. It was only adjusted due to massive backlash. Apparently the current backlash is not enough for Google to adjust it further.
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@cybernihongo@reddthat.com 2026-05-01 14:35
A change I still wholly reject. Everyone should reject this change. No compromises.
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@BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 13:33
But I want to be angry!
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@pfried@reddthat.com 2026-05-01 17:19
And more correctly, harder to install apps the first time but easier than it is now to install apps in the future because that setting will now be copied to new phones instead of having to go through the flow again each time.