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Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2025
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tl;dr you can still "sideload" via adb.
This is so incredibly inconvenient as to be meaningless.
Perhaps someone could write an 'adb loopback' app -- get that into the official app store, and said app would then squirt other .apk files through adb on the phone to itself, thus sideloading it.
As far as I know, ADB needs to be run on another device which is plugged into the phone.
I suppose one could write a script/app that detects the device is plugged in, and automatically looks for and installs updates using adb. That would be the least amount of friction.
I think you can run ADB on another Android device, so maybe an Obtainium+ADB device that stays at home.