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

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536 points josephcsible | 1 comments | 13 Oct 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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billev2k ◴[13 Oct 25 16:35 UTC] No.45570345[source]▶
The Android Developer Blog called it "an ID check at the airport which confirms a traveler's identity but is separate from the security screening of their bags."

From the mouths of rubes, I guess. The ID check at the airport has zero to do with safety or security and everything to do with the airlines' business model (no secondary market for tickets), enforced by government.

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1. marcosdumay ◴[13 Oct 25 19:36 UTC] No.45572438[source]▶
Nope. Most of the world does the ID check, and it's recommended by the UN guidelines for security reasons.