Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:

[tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one]

@hellomiakoda @lumi @grote furiphone looking mighty good more and more

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@TimWardCam @tedmielczarek @grote Looks to me like you'd disable this silly stuff on all the phones you manage and call it good...you're just back to the situation as it exists.

The real pain here is that people install fdroid from the play store thinking they can then install apps but they won't be able to without "disabling security". Other than that it seems like it's a one time annoyance -- less than if you just load lineage or something to begin with.

[flower@pony.social]

@grote Eh, not a fan of giving Google biometrics. The 1 day wait is kinda -- petty, but OK -- the rest I sorta expected.

[dertizen@mastodon.social]

@grote that is trash- like the whole #DIDay is a choaching session but for reclaim privacy not taking them.
> You Son isnt allowed to Guide you anymore, take you Candycrush and watch our holy ADs AND tell me EVERYTHING YOU DO with this lil Device, ma'am

[chuff@bark.wolp.chat]

I suspect they'll find there's actually quite a few that will put up with this, after all the average Android user only installs from the Play Store, those that are using F-Droid or side loading are actively choosing to avoid Google, and I don't think this'll be much of a barrier to them, I know I'll jump through these hoops without batting an eye.

[gabboman@gabboman.xyz]

I can send my famiky a link to an apk and they can install it.

Now its no longer an option

[katherine_montalto@zirk.us]

@serk @grote so I have a degoogled os, no Google play store. I'm still going to be able to get apps right? This is just a problem for play store?

[2something@transfem.social]

@grote@chaos.social While this is not good, it is a lot less bad than I was expecting. I thought they were going to make it so you have to unlock the bootloader and install a distro to install apps Google doesn't approve of, which would make it unavailable on the vast majority of phone.

[glennmagusharvey@app.wafrn.net]

The bigger problem is that a number of those devs are gonna stop work on those apps because of this.

Fuck Google.

[barefootstache@en.osm.town]

@terminaltilt @valpackett @old_angry_queer @grote

Am I missing a new Android feature, can one sign into the device with biometrics after rebooting?

[snosrapkungfu@mastodon.social]

@Dequei @stw @grote i'm on the FLX1S from furios and not looking back.

[marinheiro@ciberlandia.pt]

@grote Does this automatically kill off Aurora Store access?

[_chris_real@kolektiva.social]

@grote

Long live DuckDuckGo. Long live Vivaldi.

The open sources are out there . . .

(Also, big praise for Lenovo's ThinkPad, who said to Microsoft, "let's call the whole thing off.")

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stevenstonetech_lenovo-is-switching-the-default-os-on-thinkpads-activity-7430983261776109568-g_4-

[doctormo@floss.social]

@eestileib @stw @grote

I'm still using my S5. I'm aiming to use it until it's old enough to drink. Not long now!

[bangskij@climatejustice.social]

@grote guess I'm never buying a new phone ever again

[akamran@indieweb.social]

@jon_bon same here. If I can't do that, then there's really no point in not buying an iPhone. I wonder if Samsung and other Android phone makers have been asked about how this will impact their sales?

@grote @fdroidorg @IzzyOnDroidOrg @accrescent

[xgqt@functional.cafe]

@grote

I'm surprised they do not want my soul and my newborn.