Metal Zealot ( @Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml ) English112•7 months agoI can advise Pichai to lick my nuts
RobMyBot ( @RobMyBot@lemmy.ml ) English18•7 months agoIt’s not often I upvote a comment suggesting someone lick their nuts.
moitoi ( @moitoi@feddit.de ) English1•7 months agoI would not made those assomption. You would be surprised.
helenslunch ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) English82•7 months agoThose who complain about iOS being a “walled garden” should understand why Apple doesn’t allow sideloading.
We already know. It’s because Apple wants their 30% cut, you fuckin’ dunce.
What makes Apple think they’re the only ones who can “keep their users safe” from malware? Google can’t do it just as well? Amazon can’t? Samsung? Sony? Wal-Mart? F-Droid? Plenty of malware on the Apple app store.
Batman ( @Cyberbatman@lemmings.world ) English35•7 months agoCan someone please tell Pichai that I can do whatever I want with my phone that I paid for. (Also tell him to fuck off and that he can suck ma balls)
jlow (he/him) ( @jlow@beehaw.org ) English34•7 months agoYeah and it feels like there’s a “study” coming out every other month how many hundreds or thousands of apps on the playstore are filled with spy- and malware, I’d think that can also “really compromise your safety, very significantly.” So 🤷♀️
Dizzy Devil Ducky ( @AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ) English31•7 months agoBe Pichai.
Tell people not to sideload apps fOr SaFeTy.
Find out [Insert Malware App] has been on the play store for months and tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people have downloaded it.
Metal Zealot ( @Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml ) English30•7 months agoCould you imagine Laptop manufacturers saying “do NOT download apps from other websites. ONLY download from the Windows App Store”
Like, fuck off Pichai, you’re insane
Are phones the only devices out there that receive such scrutiny in the tech world?? My laptop can literally do the exact same thing but better
ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) English3•7 months agoPeople should do that though
It’s good security practice to use your package manager and if you have to download off the internet then you should build it yourself
redcalcium ( @redcalcium@lemmy.institute ) English2•7 months agoYou usually can add more repo/source to your package manager though.
ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) English2•7 months agoYou over estimate the average user if you trust them for that
Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) English1•7 months agoNot really planning on sacrificing privacy and safety from monopolies by doing that thanks. Not everybody’s threat model is that ridiculous.
thepiguy ( @thepiguy@lemmy.ml ) English24•7 months agoI advise him to stfu
infinitevalence ( @infinitevalence@discuss.online ) English23•7 months agoTo late already formatted and installed lineageOS and f-droid
Nath ( @Nath@aussie.zone ) English23•7 months agoI agree with him. If you don’t know what you are doing and just blindly install something off the Internet, it’s a security concern. I would not recommend that most users side-load apps, either. You have to remember that this crowd is not representative of the average user.
Just don’t take the option away from those of us who do know what they are doing.
m-p{3} ( @mp3@lemmy.ca ) English21•7 months agoI’ll keep sideloading if they don’t allow F-Droid, NewPipe and LibreTube on the Play Store.
unmagical ( @unmagical@lemmy.ml ) English16•7 months agoWell, not all the apps I want are on your store, so 🤷♀️.
rar ( @rar@discuss.online ) English15•7 months agoIf we’re not careful there will be a new generation of users who have no concept of “apps” at all, and will conflate sideloading (or anything ‘not authorized’) with an illegal process.
jcarax ( @jcarax@beehaw.org ) English13•7 months agoOh well, I guess I’ll return the Pixel 8 I just ordered.
Nah, I’ll just install Calyx, and invite Sundar to suck my dick.
sadreality ( @sadreality@kbin.social ) 3•7 months agoProper attitude! Getting tiring of these tech daddies trying to dictate what I will do my devices.
These creeps really think they own the devices but I guess why wouldn’t they when normies take it and even say thank you.
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) English12•7 months ago
Yeah I’d advise that too if that was a source of income
DeltaTangoLima ( @DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com ) English12•7 months agoPichai advises Android users not to sideload apps for security reasons
s/security/financial
LinuxSBC ( @LinuxSBC@lemm.ee ) English4•7 months ago/g