Remember? "Sideloading" is here to stay, and won't go away, they said?
pabs3
50 points
11 comments
April 18, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
happymellon
Android is the Windows of the mobile world. Slowly getting worse, and slowly becoming more locked down. Petitions won't stop this, at best they delay for 6 months until a "bug" prevents the side loading, they "fix it" now and then it regresses.
pjmlp
Well, and Amazon just moved away from their Android fork into Vega OS, their own Linux distribution with React Native/C++ as app programming model, for Fire devices. No sideloading allowed.
ChrisArchitect
Related: Keep Android Open https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47778274
treebeard901
The powers that be do not want any code being run that hasn't been approved by a central authority. The same applies to running any code that is not authenticated to an actual person backed by some form of ID. Facial, drivers license, phone number, etc. to a central authority. The financial interests also want to force the advertising system on everyone and side loaded apps like new pipe and others threaten the monopoly. It is about much more than just owning a device.