Selfishly, I will not be affected by this, because I use a version of Android without Google - GrapheneOS.

But this will be of little solace for the myriad users stuck with Google-flavoured Android, who did not agree to this ludicrous dance simply to be able to install software on their own phone.

#KeepAndroidOpen

@neil If I read correctly, this is something you do once to enable the ability to sideload.

I will probably do that when I open the box of a new phone, and then be done with it.

I still see how it could annoy someone in a time-critical situation