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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: 0.356s | source
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itg ◴[13 Oct 25 16:13 UTC] No.45570037[source]▶
Installing any app I want outside the Play Store was the primary reason I decided to go with Android, despite most of the people I know using iPhones. If I can't do this anymore, I may as well switch and be able to use iMessage and FaceTime with them.
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brazukadev ◴[13 Oct 25 16:26 UTC] No.45570221[source]▶
> Installing any app I want outside the Play Store was the primary reason I decided to go with Android

You still can do that with PWAs in Android. Let's see for how long.

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1. koolala ◴[13 Oct 25 19:40 UTC] No.45572497[source]▶
There is a big difference between Websites and Applications. Websites are a smaller subset of capabilities.