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> currently this is far from 'killing' non-appstore apps for most of the market. It means that Android is no longer suitable for my own private dev projects.
by JohnFen 1y ago
> currently this is far from 'killing' non-appstore apps for most of the market.
It means that Android is no longer suitable for my own private dev projects.
- preisschild 1y agoYou can use GrapheneOS or LineageOS without the Google rootkit and continue installing any apps you want
- erinnh 1y agoConsidering both Graphene and Lineage have been complaining about google making development harder and harder for how long will that be a possibility?
- CommanderData 1y agoPlay Store has an attestation API, Google could simply make it harder to run banking apps and similar if you run GrapheneOS. Something like requiring banking apps to use a stricter mode. GrapheneOS even mentions it's not easy spoofing this entirely as it change often on the FAQ page. There's only so much you can do as a maintainer of a custom OS like Graphene before its too hard to maintain. I don't think there's enough coming in by way of donations to play catch-up. Need legislation quick. But I suspect the EU doesn't want side loading either in the grand scheme of surveillance.
- preisschild 1y ago> Google could simply make it harder to run banking apps and similar if you run GrapheneOS Thats the Banks fault then. I complained to mine and they removed the safetynet check / let you skip it.
- JohnFen 1y agoMy devices are not supported by either of those, sadly.
- duskdozer 1y agosure. now. why do you think google won't choose a way to destroy them in the near future?
- jhasse 1y agoWell with that thinking you can't use an OS by any corparation???
- preisschild 1y agoIts open source and thus can be forked.
- gabrielhidasy 1y agoIf it's for your own projects, for yourself only, ADB still works without this verification.
- JohnFen 1y agoTrue, although using adb requires the use of the usb port, which for some of my projects is highly impractical. Also, with this move, Google has made it very clear that they don't want people to have any real control over their machines -- so I'm not inclined to think that using adb to work around the problem will always be possible. It's fine, though. My hobby projects will continue into the future, just probably without using Android.
- spogbiper 1y agoI didn't think a usb port was required since the introduction of wifi adb? https://www.androidpolice.com/use-wireless-adb-android-phone/ https://www.androidpolice.com/use-wireless-adb-android-phone...