[dsl]

Dear Undersigned,

I have an APK I would like you to install on your personal phones. No, I won't tell you who I am.

Please let me know when you are comfortable with this.

[nickorlow]

If I want to run a piece of software on my phone, I shouldn't need to go ask google whether they're cool with it

[mixologic]

This is already true if you want to run a piece of software on an iPhone, on MacOS, on Windows, on any video game console.

[jhasse]

Sure thing, as long as it doesn't require any permissions. I have installed multiple apks on my phone from unknown people. Note that Google's requirement is also for completely permissionless apps like games.

[bigstrat2003]

Nice strawman. People want the ability to decide for themselves whether or not to install some APK, they are not saying every APK under the sun is trustworthy.

[dsl]

It is a simplification, not a strawman.

If you want to make the decision to install Hay Day, the user should be able to know that it is the Hay Day from Supercell or from Sketchy McMalwareson.

99.9% of apps should have no issue with their name being associated with their work. If you genuinely need to use an anonymously published app, you will still be able to do that as a user.

[zem]

sure, point me to the fdroid page for it

[pona-a]

Or at point me to a git repo.

[exe34]

No.