Catalin CimpanuAndroid will require a 24-hour wait before sideloading apps
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html
Tom Walker@campuscodi Is this responding to an actual sideloading coercion problem, or just an imagined one? Most common scams seem like they are already possible without the need to get the user to install a malicious app
bit101@tomw @campuscodi Nobody really believes this is about protecting anyone or anything other than Google's bottom line.
bjb 
Programmers may choose to use that time productively.