Google goes to war against Sideloading

Date:
Sun, 04 Jul 2021 18:21:34 +0000

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Over the last few weeks, Apple has engaged in an attack on people being able to install software on their own computers. Apple along with other companies opposed to humans being able to install software on the computers they Continue Reading

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Over the last few weeks, Apple has engaged in an attack on people being able to install software on their own computers. Apple along with other
companies opposed to humans being able to install software on the computers they own have chosen to rebrand installing software as Sideloading .

In case you had any doubt that the other major Operating System companies planned to follow in Apples footsteps

Google has just announced that, as of August of 2021 (read: next month), no applications will be allowed onto the Google Play store in the APK format . Instead all Android applications must be submitted as an Android Application Bundle .

Why is this a big deal?

Android Application Bundles (AABs) cannot be installed outside of the Google Play Store.

Google is, quite literally, killing off the ability to install software outside of the On-Line store which they have 100% control over. They are locking the platform down in order to restrict your ability to use your computing devices as you see fit.

Note: The phrase Sideloading is a dirty tactic, employed by both Apple and Google , to re-frame the simple act of Installing software on the computer
you own a basic concept that has always existed in computing to be a bad, evil, dangerous thing. Dont let them get away with it. Call them out on
this dirty scheme to restrict your freedom.

Mark my words, this is only the beginning. Expect Google, Apple, and others
to ramp up their Sideloading rhetoric over the coming weeks and months.



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Link to news story: https://www.lunduke.com/2021/07/google-goes-to-war-against-sideloading/


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