Mastodawn

RE: https://chaos.social/@grote/116257002625921666

I quote boosted this before focusing on the 24h delay, but the worst part is having to enable developer options.

Fairphone: Settings -> About phone -> Build number (7 taps)
Samsung: Settings -> About phone -> Software information -> Build number (7 taps)

Given the steps differ per device it is impossible for any third party app store to give clear instructions. To top it off, the first 3 taps give *no feedback* at all.

Even worse, some apps refuse to run on devices with dev mode enabled.

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Sylvia 5d ago

Google obviously knows how user unfriendly it is to enable developer mode and how this will effectively make it impossible for the vast majority of non-technical users to access any third party app stores. This is as malicious as malicious compliance to EU law goes. I cannot think of a more aggressive roadblock they could have put up, even forcing some to choose between third party app stores like #FDroid or #IzzyOnDroid and banking apps.

There is no doubt about it, this is not about safety.

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ĞÖKÜ👻👻™13h ago

@SylvieLorxu Google wants to make it complicated so normal user avoid to install 3rd party app or store. That's why putting this advance flow feature behind the developer mode. More than 50%of android users don't know about developer mode. They never used it.

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Sylvia 13h ago

@GOKUSHRM Exactly. It's not about safety, it's about finding a new way to try to kill non-Google app stores after the EU forced them to open up a bit. Malicious compliance at its best.

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ĞÖKÜ👻👻™

@SylvieLorxu why not Google also place this advance flow feature behind the developer mode for their own play store? If he do it thn I'll be ok with 3rd party store restrictions too.