Can’t they not let Android get locked down in a few months too? It’ll almost become as bad as iOS at that point. Who knows they might even block installation of other OSs in the future.
They care about European markets and ensuring those markets can compete. This is all public day to day infrastructure now. It’s about long-term survival.
yes I understand, but I was just mentioning that the process is convoluted for everyone involved. people tend to forget the troubles of devs and maintainers.
Can’t they not let Android get locked down in a few months too? It’ll almost become as bad as iOS at that point. Who knows they might even block installation of other OSs in the future.
The EU doesn’t actually care about user freedom, they just want as much surveillance as possible.
They care about European markets and ensuring those markets can compete. This is all public day to day infrastructure now. It’s about long-term survival.
Almost?
Theoretically you’ll still be able to sideload but only after going through a convoluted process.
Convoluted process where the developer of the app has to sell their soul to Google
No, I was talking about the convoluted process of downloading, not uploading.
yes I understand, but I was just mentioning that the process is convoluted for everyone involved. people tend to forget the troubles of devs and maintainers.