jystfact@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 17 hours agoGoogle will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next yeararstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down11
arrow-up1439arrow-down1external-linkGoogle will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next yeararstechnica.comjystfact@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square236fedilink
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoYou distribute the code without your key and a built package that is signed. This isn’t exactly rocket science. Anyone who forks the code will have to use their own key to install a package they built. It’s just unnecessary red tape.
minus-squarekureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 hours ago It’s just unnecessary red tape. Which will reduce the number of people using foss apks, which will in turn, reduce the motivation, and then the number, of foss apk developers.
You distribute the code without your key and a built package that is signed. This isn’t exactly rocket science.
Anyone who forks the code will have to use their own key to install a package they built.
It’s just unnecessary red tape.
Which will reduce the number of people using foss apks, which will in turn, reduce the motivation, and then the number, of foss apk developers.