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0 pointsscarface745y ago0 comments

If you're anyone else and you even get as far as trying it (which isn't likely) you get a big scary warning about how obviously everything sideloaded is a virus and Google won't be able to scan it and you should use the play store (I don't actually know what it says, but the point is that it's a big scary warning).

So now you want both side loading and you don’t want warnings about the possible risks of doing so?

So on one hand you’re arguing that users are too ignorant to figure out side loading but they are smart enough to not download apps that may be malware?

It’s not like any mainstream vendors have had side loading and introduced a security vulnerability....

https://www.cnet.com/news/just-as-critics-feared-fortnite-fo...

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SamWhited5y ago

I did not say we should get rid of the warning, I said it will scare some users off. That's the point of the warning, and it's a good thing, but it means sideloading isn't a viable solution.

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