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Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Whatever things made people get into Android some 20 years ago are no longer relevant to the majority of people.

The biggest benefit will remain the apps. People love apps. In that regard, their only competition is Apple. It's why no one can make a new phone OS.

The other reason is cost. If you want a cheap device, Apple has no such thing. There are hundreds of Android devices you can buy for a couple hundred dollars.

For those who buy Samsung flagships for more than an iPhone, well those people I can't explain.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For those who buy Samsung flagships for more than an iPhone, well those people I can't explain.

Well, it could be explained before: Flagship hardware without the restrictions of iOS.
Now..... After this bullshit..... yeah.......

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I can see apps becoming less important over time. PWAs were basically what Apple originally planed for the smartphone anyway and now they are capable of damn near anything you would want an app to do. No store to rely on. No updates to install. No storage space being eaten into. The browser engine functions as a layer of abstraction between the scary untrusted app and your own OS. It’s kinda perfect.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You might think so but PWAs have been around for a long time and seen very little adoption.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They haven’t been promoted or supported well until fairly recently. Also, Firefox is not compatible with PWAs but chrome, edge, and safari are.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They've been well-supported for many years.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Open Firefox and pin a PWA. I’ll wait.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Wait for what? I've done this many times.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Firefox doesn’t have PWA support. They pulled it years ago.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know about vanilla Firefox but I use IronFox and it works great so I suspect you're wrong.