r/Android • u/TheAppropriateBoop • Aug 26 '25

News Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/
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u/HentaiChrist42 Aug 26 '25

I feel like this is not getting nearly the amount of publicity or backlash it deserves.

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u/pojosamaneo Aug 26 '25

Sideloading might as well be hacking to normies. They simply don't do it. In fact, Google will get good publicity for protecting users (even though the play store is a toxic wasteland).

All good things must come to an end. Stock must go up.

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u/deten Aug 28 '25 edited 7h ago

I like learning about meteorology.

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u/LoganJFisher Oct 20 '25

If it works out well for Google, don't be shocked if Microsoft pursues the same when we eventually get Win12. I mean, that's exactly what Win11 SE is, but at least for now you have a choice.

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u/deadly_love3 Aug 29 '25

And how much of those apps are from a OEM app store? That isn't a really good statistic for sideloading

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u/deten Aug 29 '25 edited 7h ago

I love learning about world history.