Adamya Sharma, reporting for Android Authority:
When Google execs previously said sideloading would become a
high-friction process on Android, they really weren’t kidding. The
company is finally sharing what Android’s new sideloading flow
will look like in practice, and if you’re someone who installs
apps outside the Play Store, you’re going to feel it immediately,
and you’re going to feel it deeply. […]When Android’s new sideloading rules come into force, installing
apps from developers without Google verification (more on that
later) will become extremely tedious by design and require a
24-hour lock before users can install them.
“Open always wins”, baby.
Would be interesting to hear Tim Sweeney’s thoughts on this, but he took a sack of cash in exchange for agreeing that whatever Google does with Android hence is “procompetitive” until 2032.
