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Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Whatever things made people get into Android some 20 years ago are no longer relevant to the majority of people.

The biggest benefit will remain the apps. People love apps. In that regard, their only competition is Apple. It's why no one can make a new phone OS.

The other reason is cost. If you want a cheap device, Apple has no such thing. There are hundreds of Android devices you can buy for a couple hundred dollars.

For those who buy Samsung flagships for more than an iPhone, well those people I can't explain.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For those who buy Samsung flagships for more than an iPhone, well those people I can't explain.

Well, it could be explained before: Flagship hardware without the restrictions of iOS.
Now..... After this bullshit..... yeah.......

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I can see apps becoming less important over time. PWAs were basically what Apple originally planed for the smartphone anyway and now they are capable of damn near anything you would want an app to do. No store to rely on. No updates to install. No storage space being eaten into. The browser engine functions as a layer of abstraction between the scary untrusted app and your own OS. It’s kinda perfect.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You might think so but PWAs have been around for a long time and seen very little adoption.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They haven’t been promoted or supported well until fairly recently. Also, Firefox is not compatible with PWAs but chrome, edge, and safari are.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They've been well-supported for many years.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Open Firefox and pin a PWA. I’ll wait.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Do you mean pin as in creating a shortcut to the webapp on the homescreen/launcher?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait for what? I've done this many times.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Firefox doesn’t have PWA support. They pulled it years ago.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know about vanilla Firefox but I use IronFox and it works great so I suspect you're wrong.