Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours ago‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws nearwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up11.03K
arrow-up11.03Kexternal-link‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws nearwww.techradar.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-squareJason2357@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoIt will kill off projects that rely on sideloading. Slowly, but if you need to do the dance, fewer and fewer people will use them.
minus-squarePyrodexter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI’m not sure that’s true. Fewer, sure, although not necessarily that much fewer. But “fewer and fewer”, I don’t think so. It’s not big enough of a hurdle to dissuade anyone who has already done it once.
It will kill off projects that rely on sideloading. Slowly, but if you need to do the dance, fewer and fewer people will use them.
I’m not sure that’s true. Fewer, sure, although not necessarily that much fewer. But “fewer and fewer”, I don’t think so. It’s not big enough of a hurdle to dissuade anyone who has already done it once.