• h4arts@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    still just not gonna update my phone for a while until they’ve for sure have allowed side loading. Got my pixel because it’s just a nice phone, and i can put graphene on it when it’s paid off. Half of my apps are all from f-droid, too.

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        4 months ago

        Some carriers lock the bootloader until you’ve paid off the phone.

        Phones produced for sale through Verizon have a permanently locked bootloader.

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          4 months ago

          Fuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it.

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    4 months ago
    • enable developer options
    • confirm that you are not tricked
    • restart phone and re-authenticate
    • wait one day
    • confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
    • decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
    • confirm that you accept the risks
    • enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this
  • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    Making users wait 24 hours doesn’t improve security; it’s an anti-competitive change designed to make the Google Play store seem like less of a hassle in comparison.

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      4 months ago

      I can actually see where it can improve security against scammers trying to scam elderly and non-tech savvy people.

      • Scammer tries to get someone to install malware from their site
      • Victim isn’t familiar with sideloading, but scammer instructs them
      • Victim hits the first time 24 hour block and has to restart and wait
      • The restart alone breaks contact with the scammer, scam thwarted

      For the rest of us that know our way around Android, it’s just a one time annoyance, after completing all the steps to enable sideloading, you won’t have to wait 24 hours anymore.