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Android@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

Google tries to justify Android's upcoming sideloading restrictions

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Android@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

Google says sideloading on Android is not going anywhere, but it feels otherwise

Starting in 2026, sideloaded apps will have to come from “verified” developers.

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Graphene is not a fork. They just harden the code published by Google. This is why the recent changes by Google have been causing them more work.
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  It is absolutely a fork.
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  Yes, that is what a fork is.

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