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Google Play Protect now asks for PIN in order to sideload some Android apps

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Re: Google Play Protect now asks for PIN in order to sideload some Android apps

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No, this is not fine. The is again another barrier to ensure that things are more difficult and scary when you don't use the official play store. It's an anticompetitive behavior again. You are already logged on your phone interface when you try to install so this additional check is excessive. I could have understood to have it just in the case that you don't protect your phone access with a pin. Also, to not be ant…

Every time I want to install a package off AUR I have to use sudo preceding the command. And people want to whine about that.. /shrug

1. You do not need to use sudo to run scripts and binaries, provided they are properly packaged. You just need to make them executable, which any user can do without entering the password.

2. You installed Arch Linux. That is a much more technically demanding accomplishment that simply does not equal to enabling sideloading on an Android device.

3. The official Arch repos do not discriminate on the basis of whether a given package will harm corporate interests, or the interests of the Arch development team. Google Play does - for example, NewPipe, which is a far better YouTube client than the official app in many respects, yet Google bans it for commercial advantage.

Re: Google Play Protect now asks for PIN in order to sideload some Android apps

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That seems... fine? I think there's plenty to complain about on Android (or on iOS), but this doesn't feel like a big deal to me.

No, this is not fine. The is again another barrier to ensure that things are more difficult and scary when you don't use the official play store. It's an anticompetitive behavior again. You are already logged on your phone interface when you try to install so this additional check is excessive. I could have understood to have it just in the case that you don't protect your phone access with a pin. Also, to not be ant…

Ideally, it could be what Apple does with their app store, where you can choose or not choose to input your password to install.
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