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2OEH8eoCRo0last Thursday at 6:39 PM4 repliesview on HN

Seems like a very reasonable compromise. What's the catch?


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fshlast Thursday at 6:41 PM

I don't find it reasonable that Google wants to make me wait 24h to install software on a device I own.

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volkercraiglast Thursday at 6:43 PM

They'll just remove the "Advanced" ability in a few years once they've frog boiled people into jumping through hoops to use their phone the way they want.

janice1999last Thursday at 6:46 PM

Developers, including non-US citizens, are forced to give Google their government ID to distribute apps. This enables Google to track and censor projects, like NewPipe, an alternative open source Youtube frontend, by revoking signing permissions for developers.

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hermanzegermanlast Thursday at 6:41 PM

That I have to wait 24 Hours on my own device to install software?