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

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522 points josephcsible | 1 comments | 13 Oct 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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rclkrtrzckr ◴[13 Oct 25 16:57 UTC] No.45570628[source]▶
> This logic is flawed: historically, we've seen malware slip through the Play Store—signed and “verified”—several times.

Yeah, check for all the fake sora apps in the play store.

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bitpush ◴[13 Oct 25 17:52 UTC] No.45571311[source]▶
This is a weak argument. If things have slipped through the cracks with someone actively reviewing it, the alternative cant be 'lets not do any checking whatsoever'.

There are better arguments against this that other commenters here have provided (including "my device, my rule") but this isnt a strong argument.

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1. BrenBarn ◴[13 Oct 25 19:25 UTC] No.45572324[source]▶
It's not "let's not do any checking whatsoever", it's just "let individual users choose between Google's ineffective checking and alternative app sources that users can trust or not trust with zero involvement from Google".