Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:

[hidoni@meow.social]

@grote the point about requiring biometrics is incorrect. The blog post states that you need to confirm with "biometric authentication [...] or device PIN."

[clarfonthey@toot.cat]

@grote here, "sideloading" means "installing apps from developers who have not submitted a drop of blood to Google"

the drop of blood thing is an exaggeration; we don't yet know if something more, like an entire finger, will be required

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@nazokiyoubinbou

It's also a crying shame. ARM Macs have incredible battery life. If they weren't rendered largely useless by the aforementioned OS installation restrictions, they'd probably be my favorite laptop.

@FifiSch @grote

[doragasu@mastodon.sdf.org]

@grote Judging by the attached image, biometrics are not mandatory, device PIN should work. Very bad, but mandatory biometrics is what would make it terrible, at least for me.

[shivvr@mastodon.social]

@31113 @terminaltilt
Cops and goons can take your phone and hold it up to your face very easily. Thankfully it’s pretty easy to disable face for unlock, but continue to use it for everything else.

[2something@transfem.social]

@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @grote@chaos.social That's a relief: I can't use finger prints because phones all say my fingerprints aren't clear enough, and my current phone doesn't support face ID.

Still not good to have to jump through all these hoops .

[timwardcam@c.im]

@tedmielczarek @grote I'm thinking of a small company with a dozen or so developers who have one Android app that talks to their back end, for use by a few dozen installation crews. Anything with "enterprise" in its name would be *vastly* too expensive to be of any use to a company like that.

[agowa338@chaos.social]

@Li @grote

Well I still think this approach from google is a good first draft to start a discussion.

But all of the border agent stuff was more of a "making the best out of a shitty situation".

[alvarord@framapiaf.org]

@grote

First point is:
* be evil

[karl@infosec.exchange]

@grote Google always finds new ways to give me a reason to day fuck google.