001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDo you think Android will one day become so restrictive that sideloading (installing apps outside of Playstore) will become extremely limited, or completely banned?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down13
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareDo you think Android will one day become so restrictive that sideloading (installing apps outside of Playstore) will become extremely limited, or completely banned?001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squaregammasforlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI mean they could do that, but then they take on the resource overhead of maintaining both an EU and non-EU version of the OS. And for what? To stop the tiny percentage of people who do side loading of apps from doing so because reasons? It financially doesn’t make sense for there to be anything but one version of the OS.
I mean they could do that, but then they take on the resource overhead of maintaining both an EU and non-EU version of the OS.
And for what? To stop the tiny percentage of people who do side loading of apps from doing so because reasons?
It financially doesn’t make sense for there to be anything but one version of the OS.