• Phuntis@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      except there’s no warning for apps distributed through google you just hit one button the default state of android as a result is google = safe 😃 anything else = BAD SCARY VIRUS DON’T ⚠️ it never used to give such warnings endlessly and it was fine the average person these days is unfortunately really tech illiterate for some reason and googles intentionally trying to scare them into thinking sideloading is dangerous sure windows does it but windows does it for literally everything windows is constantly giving warnings so no one cares about warnings on windows android basically never gives warnings but then you try and leave google’s ecosystem and it starts with the security theatre

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        3 months ago

        Well tech illiterate people are the last ones I’d trust to properly side load and doing their due diligence of knowing the source of their apk instead of a random one they found on the web.

        Personally when I install F-droid on a new phone I make sure to check the signing keys or at the very least the checksum. As unsafe as Google Play can be I trust tech illiterate people even less of safely getting apks.

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          3 months ago

          I trust people to get apks online most people manage just fine getting exes online some people just get scared easily by warnings

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            3 months ago

            If that is enough to turn them away I don’t buy them being able to get apks properly.

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            3 months ago

            most people manage just fine getting exes online

            Spoken like someone who has never had to support tech illiterate people who install software they find online.