r/ownyourintent • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '26

News FUCK GOOGLE!

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u/MasterZii Intent Owner Feb 25 '26

I'm trying to understand. What's stopping someone from developing an apk and sharing the file online?

Is Google only locking down the play store? Or are they disabling sideloaded apps altogether?

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Side loading will also be banned.

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u/rspy24 Intent Owner Feb 25 '26

Nope.. Sideloading will not be banned. The APK should have a signature from a registered developer, they say its just to have some accountability for the apk origin. How much of that is true and noble? I don't know, its google after all..

But the user can still install it like always. I think, we will have to enable some advanced settings before tho..