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[–] ravachol@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

How does this affect termux? Is it going to die or is it only going to be able to have packages that are from registered developers?

[–] tal@olio.cafe 8 points 2 months ago

That's actually a really interesting question.

I understand that Apple takes issue with packages that can themselves "take packages". But historically, I don't believe that Google has. Of course, Google also hasn't done the registration thing historically, either.

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[–] Matth78@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago

Hope they would be sued in America and Europe for it. I can't believe it will be OK... And can't believe they clearly think it will be.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

How long until they patch out getting developer mode working on you phone without a registration, requiring you to pay for it and also take a "short" AI generated crash course in app development and monetization?

[–] Mohaim@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago

This is the final push I needed to switch to GrapheneOS. Thanks Google! Now, if only I didn't have to give Google money for the Pixel so I can install GrapheneOS.

[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

Literally TODAY someone I know installed an application called "PDF viewer for android" that had a green adobe icon and it started wrecking absolute havoc on their phone with pop ads and redirects to scam support sites.

The AppStore is full of this shit.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, will an app like this

https://codeberg.org/muntashir/AppManager

which uses (w)adb, be able to install apk as I currently do?

Or will they also fuck this up ?

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