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

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@grote

Get off android and apple. Its time

[tehstu@hachyderm.io]

@grote Perhaps Windows and MacOS should do this for when you want to sideload Chrome, including corporate machines. Just so Google get depth to the feedback on this process.

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@grote

Per the screenshot, biometrics are not necessary. The device PIN will also suffice.

For what it's worth.

[jhunnius@fedi.at]

@grote Time for a PinePhone.

[valpackett@social.treehouse.systems]

@old_angry_queer @terminaltilt @grote the screenshot literally says "or device PIN"

[lumi@snug.moe]

@grote the gall these corporations have to tell me my own device is not mine

[pastthepixels@is.potatoe.ca]

@grote yeah I silently stopped maintaining my drawing app for android a while back. I was already struggling with path smoothing but google forcing ai shit into their IDE plus them pulling this completely demotivated me

[li@tech.lgbt]

@grote "someone is guiding me"

.. "no one is guiding me" is broad enough it would consider an app developer telling you "this is the bullshit hoops you have to go through now to use our application" .. or following a tutorial on how to enable this .. bruh

[jackeric@beige.party]

@grote I've avoided biometrics up to now and intend to keep avoiding them

[li@tech.lgbt]

@agowa338 @grote no because the border agent spyware is "verified" because its from someone whos socially "allowed to" hurt you. and its "for your safety"

[fedihacker@masto.es]

@grote Herding people.

I want to use my phone and install in it whatever I want. Google has nothing to say about that.

[frenezul0_o@mastodon.social]

@oatrapado @grote Europeans might come to the rescue in the coming years with creations like FairPhone and Jolla Phone. Maybe if the donations start flooding in, Pine64 might be convinced to put more effort into the PinePhone.

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@computersaysno

Does it matter? This is *my* phone. I shouldn't be punished for other people's irresponsible behavior.

@grote

[claudius@darmstadt.social]

@grote also: developers that have to be verified by Google anyway!

(The original post is just client side, but Devs also face extra hurdles!)

[agowa338@chaos.social]

@Li @grote

funnily at the moment it isn't. There have been some leaks as in some instances they "forget" to wipe it after use.

Edit: But yea, they'd probably get it signed through governmental pressure in the end either way...

[hellomiakoda@pdx.social]

@grote Eyep. This is why I'm not going to be carrying an Android anymore.
If I wanted to be treated like a fucking idiot, I'd call my mother.

[dave_cochran@infosec.exchange]

@grote confirm with biometrics or your device pin

[li@tech.lgbt]

@agowa338 @grote it only isnt becuase they dont need it to be 'verified' at the moment, but google will just verify the 'approved malware' like they always have; this shit is meant to "keep you safe" in the same way border agents "keep you safe"

[hacknorris@mstdn.social]

@grote how good that more than year ago i installed ubuntu on my phone. lol.

[lexinova@cyberplace.social]

@kepi @grote and you must pray mars 3.000 time during those 24 hours without sleep.