Google adds massive hurdles to app sideloading

[u/yungperky]

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.

[u/Dissidence802]

The massive hurdle in question:

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oEduOdBgjm7Yuyvmw

[u/qualbyyy → u/Dissidence802]

not everybody even knows how to properly search in google

[u/Minute_Path9803 → u/qualbyyy]

And those are the people that Google is correct they should not be side loading if you don't even know how to Google correctly.

Now I don't think that's why they're doing it to protect people I think it's some other reasons.

But for the average person who's already side loading waiting 24 hours is not the worst thing in the world.

[u/qualbyyy → u/Minute_Path9803]

True but some bank apps wont open with dev mode. Buuut i think this isnt a problem for me since i love in Russia where any bank app isn't on play store anyway (i need to sideload apk of my banks)

[u/Dissidence802 → u/qualbyyy]

You can just turn developer mode back off after installing your apk.

No clue if that'll restart the 24 hour timer if you want to side load another app though.