Fuck Google | Android 15 cracks down on sideloaded apps even harder to protect users
Fuck Google | Android 15 cracks down on sideloaded apps even harder to protect users
Android 15 places new restrictions on what permissions sideloaded apps can be easily granted. Here's what you need to know.
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Second, these restrictions don’t apply to any third-party app stores for Android that utilize the operating system’s purpose-built API for installing apps. In fact, Android 15’s restrictions on sideloaded apps are merely an expansion of a security change introduced in a previous version, a change that has not materially impacted third-party app stores and can still be manually disabled by the user.
F-Droid should be unaffected, so this doesn't sound terrible TBH. Still hate Google though.
I wonder if it's going to make installing the initial f-droid apk a huge pain though. Since normally you need to just download it in your browser and install it.