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

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424 points josephcsible | 3 comments | 13 Oct 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.694s | source
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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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1. 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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2. floxy ◴[13 Oct 25 19:41 UTC] No.45572513[source]▶
Wouldn't people just fork AOSP? Seems like GrapheneOS has a running start?
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3. kube-system ◴[13 Oct 25 20:58 UTC] No.45573276[source]▶
Forking a project isn't really the same as "ending" it, as much as it is becoming it. Even ignoring that, you can't be a meaningful competitor unless you actually ship on a phone, and support the features that the average consumer is looking for. Amazon even tried and failed spectacularly.