I’ve really got mixed feelings about this feature to the point where I can’t see myself using this. Firstly, security should be built-in through the use of good design choices, not added via some toggle. But sure, let’s consider a toggle that improves security. Why is this getting confused with sideloading? Why should apps have this visibility into my settings?
Overall, the idea stikes me as half-baked and trying to serve too many sometimes conflicting interests.
It’s part of a worrying trend which seems like Google is trying to hyperconsolidate Android.
Apps can already check if a device is running genuine original firmware, which means a lot of banking apps don’t play well with third party firmware is like grapheneos. It should be none of the apps fucking business what OS I am running.
But by giving developers the ability to check this stuff, they can wash their hands of it and complain they aren’t forcing anybody to run anything it’s those darn app developers.
I’ve really got mixed feelings about this feature to the point where I can’t see myself using this. Firstly, security should be built-in through the use of good design choices, not added via some toggle. But sure, let’s consider a toggle that improves security. Why is this getting confused with sideloading? Why should apps have this visibility into my settings?
Overall, the idea stikes me as half-baked and trying to serve too many sometimes conflicting interests.
It’s part of a worrying trend which seems like Google is trying to hyperconsolidate Android. Apps can already check if a device is running genuine original firmware, which means a lot of banking apps don’t play well with third party firmware is like grapheneos. It should be none of the apps fucking business what OS I am running. But by giving developers the ability to check this stuff, they can wash their hands of it and complain they aren’t forcing anybody to run anything it’s those darn app developers.