I turned on "Advanced Protection" a couple weeks ago, and promptly turned it off the other day when it blocked f-droid updates. What a scam android has become.
Samsung [^1] has an autoblocker. I have no idea what it does exactly. I always need to turn it off while installing or updating anything from F-droid. Then I enable it again in the naive hope it might prevent dome drive-by attack.
[^1]: My employer paid for it. I never would pay for the crapware full of uninstallable stuff I don't want. Is Pure Android still a thing if you don't want to pay The Evil Company?
Interestingly, I read in a recent article on upcoming features for OneUI 8.5 (based on a leaked build) is the "Ability to temporarily disable Auto Blocker" [1]. This is specifically to allow the sideloading of apps. That really makes me wonder why Samsung would have such an option in an upcoming version if they were aware that Google is planning to block all unverified sideloading in the very near future.
usr1106|5 months ago
[^1]: My employer paid for it. I never would pay for the crapware full of uninstallable stuff I don't want. Is Pure Android still a thing if you don't want to pay The Evil Company?
pogue|5 months ago
[1] https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-phones-new-u...
justsomehnguy|5 months ago
But most of the time it is easy to disable most of the Google apps through the built-in settings without using any 3rd-party tools.
pipe01|5 months ago
mjd|5 months ago
abraham|5 months ago
An optional advanced security feature targeted at non-typical users doesn't seem like a good indicator of this statement.
63stack|5 months ago