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   Torsten Grote (grote@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 04:19:25 JST Torsten Grote

   Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:

   * enable developer options
   * confirm that you are not tricked
   * restart phone and re-authenticate
   * wait one day
   * confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
   * decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
   * confirm that you accept the risks
   * enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this

   https://goo.gle/advance-flow