Afiak, they are still leaving in the ADB option to install non-Google apps, for now.
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It’s not about preventing
sideloadinginstalling software in the normal way1 by someone determined to do it.It’s about spreading FUD and propaganda demonizing the idea of device owners actually having control over their property instead of abdicating their rights and ceding their privacy to technofeudal overlords like Google.
1 because “sideloading” is itself already a propaganda term
Did you know Lemmy has actual footnote syntax?
Like this[1]
The best part is, the footnote text can be anywhere in the body (in it’s own paragraph). You can add them as you write, not just at the end.
Source of the above:
Some footnote ↩︎
That’s neat!