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[–] AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Best part: the better names in the alt os and device scenes don't sell in us markets.

Unless you do the legwork of flashing your own device, most of us are out of luck.

I just love a good market stranglehold.

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[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would this be possible to bypass by bulding an app from source and convincing android that you are a developer who is testing his program?

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

theoretically installing through ADB will still work. but that's very impractical, and f-droid cannot do that.

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Theoretically, google could keep that workaround in the code, yes.

Tap for spoilerPractically it will be gone in 3...2...1....

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