rustyredoxAug 31, 2025

Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

https://lemmy.world/post/35251795

Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann - Lemmy.World

https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification [https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification]

Show threadSuperSpruceSep 1, 2025
How does this affect “second-party” apps (i.e. apps you have created yourself)? Are you still allowed to go to Android studio, make an APK, transfer it to your own phone, and install that app? If no, this spells the death of experimental indie developers on Android.
Show threadturtlesareneat
Even Apple lets you do that… one imagines Google being less restrictive than Apple
Sep 1, 2025 at 3:43amWeb