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Android will require a 24-hour wait before sideloading apps

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A *one-time* delay when you seek to turn off the protection that stops the user from side-loading apps.

To be honest, given how many security-blind people use Android now, I can live with this.

Time was when Android users were all "power users", like Linux used to be. Those days are long gone.

A bigger issue is Google closing Android off from side-loading apps at all.

@PeterLG @campuscodi meanwhile Xiaomi: 30 days delay to unlock bootloader about google: Amateurs