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Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move

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395 points josephcsible | 4 comments | 13 Oct 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.608s | source
1. casenmgreen ◴[13 Oct 25 17:18 UTC] No.45570895[source]▶
This is the beginning of the end of Android.

Google have over-reached.

It is unacceptable to software developers to be unable to install software on their own phones, and this will lead to a successor to Android.

It will take time, but it will now happen.

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2. bitpush ◴[13 Oct 25 17:50 UTC] No.45571294[source]▶
> beginning of the end of Android.

You underestimate how much money & effort it takes to make an operating system.

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3. floxy ◴[13 Oct 25 19:41 UTC] No.45572513[source]▶
Wouldn't people just fork AOSP? Seems like GrapheneOS has a running start?
4. kube-system ◴[13 Oct 25 20:46 UTC] No.45573170[source]▶
If that actually were the case, the iPhone would've died in 2007.

In reality, most people don't even know what sideloading is. Those are the people who are buying phones and supporting the market for their existence.

The 0.001% of people who want to side load applications onto their phone, can clamor for a new OS all they want, but unless they put the resources in place to make that happen, it won't.