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Tim Bray (timbray@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 21-Mar-2026 05:02:31 JST Tim Bray

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116261526543583522
The reason I joined the Android team in 2010, and that since 2008 I’ve carried Android not iOS devices, was that I could just download software. And other people could download mine.
This new process is a massive breaking of faith with the community.
To be fair, every year or two Apple ratchets up the difficulty of downloading Mac apps.
The doors on every open platform are swinging closed, fast or slow. Capitalism is broken. Another reason we need to protect the Web.
Feaugh.
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  Attached: 1 image Google sets new 24-hour process to sideload unverified developers Android apps. That is right. Now you can't load apps without google's permission and flow control. Who knows after sometime they might think 72 hours delay is needed and so on. More info https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html?m=1 Google says this is to stop malware from stealing passwords, OTPs, and bank/card info. Do you think these steps will actually stop scammers who call and pressure people into installing malicious apps?

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