• masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Closing the side loading option is a path to antitrust suits, a slap in the face to privacy, a kick in the teeth to independent devs and personal use.

    There is zero reason for this other than wanting full control of how I use my own phone and how much money/data google can squeeze out of everyone.

    I did not purchase a phone to have it later be functionally broken as features it had have been stripped in the name of ‘security’.

    A warning message is all that is needed. The current toggle is enough.

    We are not toddlers.

    There are not possibly enough cases that it warrants such a restrictive policy aside from the stated reasons above.

    Give me liberty or give me symbian.


    How’s that?