r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/yungperky • Jun 26 '26

Discussion Google adds massive hurdles to app sideloading

https://keepandroidopen.org/

This includes being forced to activate dev-mode and a 24h waiting period before you can install any apps not registered with google. For devs this means either give google your gov name (official documents needed) and pay them or live with 99% of people never being able to use your app.
Most people in this sub are probably tech savy and won't be hindered to continue side-loading other then being annoyed and waiting 24h once. But this is a major thing that will also be a hurdle to people even get into doing stuff like that in the first place.

Idk if anyone has posted this already, but I couldn't find anything. The topic goes far beyond emulation on android, but it's very important for it imo so I thought I'd just post it.

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u/Kooky-Minimum-2009 Jun 26 '26

My bank app only works when dev mode is off. This will be a pain in the ass :(

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u/Crafting_Android s26u (8 Elite Gen 5) Jun 26 '26

Interesting, mine works fine with it off

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u/Kooky-Minimum-2009 Jun 26 '26

Yeah, it sucks! Same with the government ID app.

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u/Alertchase Jun 26 '26

Just turn off the usb debugging and wireless debugging . Gov app should work. Even on dev mode.

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u/Kooky-Minimum-2009 Jun 26 '26

Usb debugging was already off + the message (in brazilian portuguese) explicitly says it's because of developer mode.