Is tihis as good as it gets?
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This is the biggest change to Android’s fundamentals in years. Google is clamping down on sideloading — the feature that more than any other differentiates Android from iPhone. And now we have an early revelation as to what users can expect.
“Changes are coming to how Android users install apps outside the safety and protection of the Play Store,” Android Authority says. This follows Google confirming that app developers will need to be verified before their apps can be sideloaded.
Such was the backlash, with Android’s power-user community complaining that this made Android just like iPhone, that Google u-turned. At least to some…