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

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522 points josephcsible | 3 comments | 13 Oct 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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_imnothere ◴[13 Oct 25 16:28 UTC] No.45570249[source]▶
> PWAs

And I wonder when can we stop lying to ourselves pretending "web"-apps are real (native) apps?

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llbbdd ◴[13 Oct 25 16:52 UTC] No.45570579[source]▶
Why?
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pooyamo ◴[13 Oct 25 19:07 UTC] No.45572129[source]▶
Can you create and run a service that starts when phone is turned on, with a PWA app? Usecase is a backup daemon.
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1. claytongulick ◴[13 Oct 25 20:42 UTC] No.45573137[source]▶
Does every app need to do this?

I make lots of "real" healthcare apps that are PWAs.

Much better installation and user experience, no dev cert nonsense, brain dead simple updates, no app store, etc...

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2. 01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[13 Oct 25 20:57 UTC] No.45573273[source]▶
Backup, file sync, and chat... very common and important use cases. Not everything can start with a user request.
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3. Rohansi ◴[13 Oct 25 21:22 UTC] No.45573480[source]▶
You shouldn't need a service running all the time for chat. Just use push notifications.