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Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism (puri.sm)
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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In parallel, Google has rolled out its Play Integrity API, which allows developers to limit app functionality when sideloaded, effectively pushing users to install apps only through the Google Play Store.

All of this while EU forbids Apple to do the same, what is the idea here? Measuring how EU reacts?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 23 points 23 hours ago

Is it the same though? Google is allowing the developers to choose to prevent sideloading. I thought Apple's issue was that they prevented side loading completely.