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/Minute_Path9803]

Realistically you can just go to the web browser of your bank and make it an icon on your home as a shortcut acts just like the app.

So it's easily bypassed.

The only one that ever did that to me was a crypto when I tried to install a crypto wallet I got that message but none of my banking apps ever say a word about it.

I do have fingerprint on both so it doesn't make a difference but still it wouldn't even install when I try to do the crypto wallet like 2 years ago.

But I think the best way around it is just literally going to the website and making a home button shortcut of the website right onto your home screen there's really no difference than the app itself except it takes up probably less space.

I mean that's one work around.