Apps can now block #sideloading more easily and force downloads through #GooglePlay
#Google Play Integrity API makes it easy for apps to detect when they werenβt installed from the Google #PlayStore. https://www.androidauthority.com/play-integrity-sideloading-detection-3480639/
argh.....
I am on #Android as I don't want a #WalledGarden
I use Google Play, and #FDroid, and #Obtainium
I don't want #Surveillance of all my apps, I want #Privacy and access to #OpenSource
@BenjaminHCCarr If they tighten things enough, I'll slip out of their hands completely and just install a Google-free AOSP image.
I do most stuff on my phone in the browser already (including posting this reply), so as long as there's even one FOSS browser, I'll be ok, with a few supplemental apps from F-Droid.