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plst | 5 days ago

Sure, but I don't think decreasing chances of scam-by-app on Android by some minuscule amount is in any way comparable to prescription drugs.

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scoofy|5 days ago

I do? It's a trivially comparable thing? I'm not even talking about ALL prescription drugs. I'm talking about the fact that some have interactions that can kill you. Having "life savings gone" consequences from a random app install is that level of danger.

A non-trivial number of people should probably have to go see a specialist before being able to unlock sideloading in my opinion... which means we probably all would have to. It's annoying, but I actually care about other people.

hellojesus|4 days ago

I have a hard time with this because it's the world we've lived in forever. Everyone knows installing an "app" installs an executable.

Doesnt android require a specific permission to be user-accepted for an installed app to read notifications? I think it's separate from the post-notifications permission.

This seems to be an issue of user literacy. If so, doesn't it make more sense for a user to have the option to opt into "I'm tech illiterate, please protect me" than destroy open computing as we know it?