Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws nearwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square207linkfedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.32Karrow-down1external-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 · 2 days agomessage-square207linkfedilink
minus-squareJason2357@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day 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-up3arrow-down3·1 day 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.