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

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589 points josephcsible | 1 comments | 13 Oct 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.217s | 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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jamesnorden ◴[13 Oct 25 19:27 UTC] No.45572346[source]▶
>I may as well switch and be able to use iMessage and FaceTime with them

I, too, love vendor lockin.

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vivalahn ◴[13 Oct 25 19:28 UTC] No.45572360[source]▶
Another road that leads to BBM it seems.

It’s utterly bizarre how BBM could have been the iMessage and WhatsApp and who knows what else. But rich out-of-touch people thinking exclusivity is a perk in a commodities market just shows how business savvy and wealth are in reality disconnected from eachother.

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1. noarchy ◴[13 Oct 25 21:22 UTC] No.45573482[source]▶
We got BBM on Android and iOS. Alas, by then it was mostly too late. It got some initial traction but that didn't last.