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Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On the bright side, this can only help with the development of other app marketplaces which dilute the Google monopoly. I hope ...

[โ€“] cron@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago

This change applies also to app stores like f-droid or independent publishers on github. Every developer needs to create an account with google.

This change does not apply for Android versions without Google Apps, e.g. Lineage OS, Graphene OS.