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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

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 04:19:23 JST Miakoda

     in reply to

     @grote Eyep. This is why I'm not going to be carrying an Android anymore.
     If I wanted to be treated like a fucking idiot, I'd call my mother.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 04:58:50 JST Miakoda

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     • lumi :blobcatnom: :blobcatflower:

     @lumi @grote This is why I put up with constant issues to carry a Linux phone.
     Microsoft and Google are the best at convincing me to be patient with #Linux.

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     lumi :blobcatnom: :blobcatflower: (lumi@snug.moe)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 04:58:52 JST lumi :blobcatnom: :blobcatflower:

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     @grote what the fuck. none of this is at all acceptable
     
     let people install whatever apps they want, without any fearmongering
     
     it's supposed to be their device :neocat_angry:

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 10:24:49 JST Rich Felker

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     @grote This is still bad, and I don't want to downplay that, but it's a one-time thing users of F-Droid or other non-Play app sources will do once when setting up their phones and be done with. It's what I expected, and nowhere near as bad as being completely locked out or forced to go thru a waiting period/exemption process each time.

     Still, we should continue to push back for a better outcome. Like dropping this nonsense entirely.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 18:11:39 JST SuperDicq

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     @grote@chaos.social Or you can just install a custom ROM such as LineageOS and not deal with all this bullshit

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     Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2026 09:24:33 JST Kermode

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     • Trebach

     @trebach

     Doctor - it hurts when I go like that.
     Doctor: "Then just don't go like that!"

     Do not bring a new cell phone into the planet - there are already too many.
     Solicit 'junk drawer' phones from folks.
     Install something non-google!
     Take back agency on your own devices!

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GrapheneOS?useskin=vector
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system)?useskin=vector

     You have options. Plus other hardware and even pure play linux.
     Just tell goog where to get off!

     @grote