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We finally live in an age when I can tell a clanker that I want an app that does something that I need, connect the phone with adb and in half an hour have a wo

We finally live in an age when I can tell a clanker that I want an app that does something that I need, connect the phone with adb and in half an hour have a working solution for my tiny problem while knowing little about android development. This is something google should embrace, not kneecap.

cryptonym 3mo ago
What's their interest in you building side-loaded apps instead of using their data hungry services?
- zeumo 3mo ago
  They do also sell the data-hungry side-loaded app builder.
  - int_19h 3mo ago
    Sure, but the real profits to be had there, if any, are package deals with other megacorps, not hobbyists.
- titzer 3mo ago
  Or buying some crappy app off the app store, from which they take a cut.
- thewebguyd 3mo ago
  Their interests shouldn't matter. If they matter that much to restrict, then they are abusing monopoly power and need broken up.
hurfdurf 3mo ago
Installing via adb is not affected.
- StingyJelly 3mo ago
  That's great but I want to be able to share such app with my family members coleagues
  - __MatrixMan__ 3mo ago
    So install it via adb?
  - gruez 3mo ago
    Are they such new/fleeting friends that they can't wait 24 hours? Otherwise, it might be a good thing that people can't be persuaded to install an app because a "friend" told them to, and it's somehow so urgent that they can't wait 24 hours.
    - sunaookami 3mo ago
      Until it gets lengthened to 48 hours, then one week, then ome month and then it gets removed alltogether in the name of "security".
WarmWash 3mo ago
Then tell the courts to stop fining them and start fining all the closed platforms. There is a clear legal asymmetry where allowing competitors on your platform makes you liable if they complain, but blocking out everyone except for yourself is a totally ok and legally rosy way to do business.
- unknownfuture 3mo ago
  Sue them all. Google is every bit as much a monopolist, they just play the game a little differently.

cryptonym 3mo ago

What's their interest in you building side-loaded apps instead of using their data hungry services?

zeumo 3mo ago
They do also sell the data-hungry side-loaded app builder.
- int_19h 3mo ago
  Sure, but the real profits to be had there, if any, are package deals with other megacorps, not hobbyists.
titzer 3mo ago
Or buying some crappy app off the app store, from which they take a cut.
thewebguyd 3mo ago
Their interests shouldn't matter. If they matter that much to restrict, then they are abusing monopoly power and need broken up.

hurfdurf 3mo ago

Installing via adb is not affected.

StingyJelly 3mo ago
That's great but I want to be able to share such app with my family members coleagues
- __MatrixMan__ 3mo ago
  So install it via adb?
- gruez 3mo ago
  Are they such new/fleeting friends that they can't wait 24 hours? Otherwise, it might be a good thing that people can't be persuaded to install an app because a "friend" told them to, and it's somehow so urgent that they can't wait 24 hours.
  - sunaookami 3mo ago
    Until it gets lengthened to 48 hours, then one week, then ome month and then it gets removed alltogether in the name of "security".

WarmWash 3mo ago

Then tell the courts to stop fining them and start fining all the closed platforms. There is a clear legal asymmetry where allowing competitors on your platform makes you liable if they complain, but blocking out everyone except for yourself is a totally ok and legally rosy way to do business.

unknownfuture 3mo ago
Sue them all. Google is every bit as much a monopolist, they just play the game a little differently.