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But they can't ban the website and they can't stop sideloading, can they?
by blisterpeanuts 6y ago
But they can't ban the website and they can't stop sideloading, can they?
- swalsh 6y agoDo you use the official build of Google Chrome?
- blisterpeanuts 6y agoI use Brave, but obviously most people just use "browser" (that icon of a globe or whatever) and have no idea.
- danlugo92 6y agoGive them some time.
- zamadatix 6y ago"Can" is probably the wrong question, Google has control of the Android project itself and many system level services found on nearly every Android phone so the "can" do a lot of things if they so decided to but unlike e.g. Apple they don't/haven't went past actions in the Play store ecosystem. This is only a suspension from Play though so the answer to "is it still possible to use the website or sideload the app" is "yes".
- ekianjo 6y ago> But they can't ban the website and they can't stop sideloading, can they? It's all about friction. The more you add friction, the more you slow down the uptake of competitive platforms. Right now you have to turn off play protect and let your phone install from unknown sources to install APKs. Most people probably don't even know how to do that, so it's an effective strategy.
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- bluescrn 6y agoDepends who provides hosting for the site, and whether they can be convinced to stop providing that service... (And with locked-down mobile platforms, the platform owners could theoretically start enforcing a site blacklist of some kind at an OS level if they really wanted to)