001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDo you think Android will one day become so restrictive that sideloading (installing apps outside of Playstore) will become extremely limited, or completely banned?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down19
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareDo you think Android will one day become so restrictive that sideloading (installing apps outside of Playstore) will become extremely limited, or completely banned?001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareWhoRoger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoI was surprised when some recent Android introduced the option for non-GPlay apps to auto-update on the background. Maybe it’s just so that Google can avoid be called a monopoly, same with their support of Firefox. EU also has some regulations in mind to force these vendors to allow installation of other apps, so we’ll see.
I was surprised when some recent Android introduced the option for non-GPlay apps to auto-update on the background.
Maybe it’s just so that Google can avoid be called a monopoly, same with their support of Firefox.
EU also has some regulations in mind to force these vendors to allow installation of other apps, so we’ll see.