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Compare the ease of using a pre-bundled Play Store with one click install, versus having to respond to multiple prompts saying "Yes, I know that doing this can
by oh_sigh 3y ago
Compare the ease of using a pre-bundled Play Store with one click install, versus having to respond to multiple prompts saying "Yes, I know that doing this can give hackers all my data and steal my bank account"
- flashback2199 3y agoSo like the warning messages macOS and windows show when you install an app you downloaded from the internet?
- enragedcacti 3y agoNot really, Windows and Mac only show warnings for unsigned applications, and the policies for signing don't include revenue sharing with Microsoft or Apple. Android of course has an app signing system which could be used the same way to verify the authenticity of third party app downloads, but Google chooses not to protect users in that situation the way that Microsoft or Apple do. They do have Google Play Protect which scans all apps regardless of installation source but as far as I'm aware they don't go out of their way to confirm to the user that they are installing the real Epic Games Store.
- lawlessone 3y agoIt's even worse on Huawei devices. You get all their warnings and the google warnings. From memory I had to start an unlock process and then wait two weeks to actually be allowed to unlock it. The two week wait is part of the process for "security reasons" but really it's just because they know not everyone will persist through it.
- g-b-r 3y agoLast I heard even the two-weeks process has been removed, you can't unlock the bootloader on Huawei devices anymore ops no it looks like they found some workarounds (https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-honor-bootloader-unlock-potatonv/ https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-honor-bootloader-unloc...)