Android sideloading shutdown

stable_genius

@emgh said:
Holy AI

It really can be holy when you put it to good use, as proved here.

stable_genius

@sliix said:
So tldr there will be no way at all to just download and install apk in the future?

there will be a way but you will have to wait 24 hours and everything will be done under Big Brothergoogle's "supervision"

From now on Big Brother will always be there by your side to guide you, to protect you and to herd you to the slaughterhouse.

zed

i mean you had to know this was part of the long term plan.

reikuzan

@sliix said:

@david said:
Running LineageOS + MicroG, so should still be ok. I use AuroraStore, Droidify (fdroid), and Obtanium to install apps.

Custom ROMs scene still alive? I haven't mess with em since my Nexus days.

some custom rom are still maintained by the dev, however being newer phone keeps getting harder to be unlocked the bootloader, its gettting not worth the hassle

kait

@david said:

@sliix said:

@david said:
Running LineageOS + MicroG, so should still be ok. I use AuroraStore, Droidify (fdroid), and Obtanium to install apps.

Custom ROMs scene still alive? I haven't mess with em since my Nexus days.

It is, though I'm running official LineageOS. I'm thinking GrapheneOS wouldn't be effected, either, but I don't have experience with that, so not sure.

Won't be effected and I'm love GraphenisOS besides that it requires google hardware (graphenis has a partnership with moterola so that will be awesome)

ailice

We got Linux phone era before GTA 6

On serious note though, probably it would kill some budget phone segment without kernel source code release for past couple years, some people lucky can buy flagship/polish phone which provided kernel source code and vendor tree.

Make it even worse they pick my country (Indonesia) for first target, cause phone selling here was too silly and no way to getting phone series provided source code to reproducible making custom ROM even UBL for remove pesky play store.

JohnFilch123

@x1arch said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@david said:
I get weekly updates from LineageOS, currently on Android 16.

However, bootloader is still open, isn't it?

On Graphene OS, on pixel, after installing, bootloader should be locked (https://grapheneos.org/install/web#locking-the-bootloader). But anyway GPay not works. I beleave Gpay is most common dealbreaker for the switching to Grephene.

Yep, good approach. I guess if you cannot live without gpay, ya you are cooked. Also, some apps are not working on Graphene coz devs were too lazy to support it.

plumberg

@emgh said:

@plumberg said:
So ai sloppy reposting

I ts allow

Yep, rules must have changed or something

For reference, I reported this clearly AI post: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/219296/prepaid-host-price-adjustment-on-older-promo-root-servers-effective-1-aug-2026

Complet ddr ignore

Not sure why an announcement about AI being allowed wasn't created

Ddr and ymca ignor

It s posible

kait

@JohnFilch123 said:

@x1arch said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@david said:
I get weekly updates from LineageOS, currently on Android 16.

However, bootloader is still open, isn't it?

On Graphene OS, on pixel, after installing, bootloader should be locked (https://grapheneos.org/install/web#locking-the-bootloader). But anyway GPay not works. I beleave Gpay is most common dealbreaker for the switching to Grephene.

Yep, good approach. I guess if you cannot live without gpay, ya you are cooked. Also, some apps are not working on Graphene coz devs were too lazy to support it.

You mean apps dont work because devs are to scared of a free person. I've seen many apps not work because they detect a custom ROM.

totally_not_banned

@kait said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@x1arch said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@david said:
I get weekly updates from LineageOS, currently on Android 16.

However, bootloader is still open, isn't it?

On Graphene OS, on pixel, after installing, bootloader should be locked (https://grapheneos.org/install/web#locking-the-bootloader). But anyway GPay not works. I beleave Gpay is most common dealbreaker for the switching to Grephene.

Yep, good approach. I guess if you cannot live without gpay, ya you are cooked. Also, some apps are not working on Graphene coz devs were too lazy to support it.

You mean apps dont work because devs are to scared of a free person. I've seen many apps not work because they detect a custom ROM.

Yeah, "Google Play Integrity" bullshit...

kait

@totally_not_banned said:

@kait said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@x1arch said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@david said:
I get weekly updates from LineageOS, currently on Android 16.

However, bootloader is still open, isn't it?

On Graphene OS, on pixel, after installing, bootloader should be locked (https://grapheneos.org/install/web#locking-the-bootloader). But anyway GPay not works. I beleave Gpay is most common dealbreaker for the switching to Grephene.

Yep, good approach. I guess if you cannot live without gpay, ya you are cooked. Also, some apps are not working on Graphene coz devs were too lazy to support it.

You mean apps dont work because devs are to scared of a free person. I've seen many apps not work because they detect a custom ROM.

Yeah, "Google Play Integrity" bullshit...

Wise keeps asking for it, but my Graphenis blocks it and Wise works just fine without it.

totally_not_banned

@kait said:

@totally_not_banned said:

@kait said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@x1arch said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@david said:
I get weekly updates from LineageOS, currently on Android 16.

However, bootloader is still open, isn't it?

On Graphene OS, on pixel, after installing, bootloader should be locked (https://grapheneos.org/install/web#locking-the-bootloader). But anyway GPay not works. I beleave Gpay is most common dealbreaker for the switching to Grephene.

Yep, good approach. I guess if you cannot live without gpay, ya you are cooked. Also, some apps are not working on Graphene coz devs were too lazy to support it.

You mean apps dont work because devs are to scared of a free person. I've seen many apps not work because they detect a custom ROM.

Yeah, "Google Play Integrity" bullshit...

Wise keeps asking for it, but my Graphenis blocks it and Wise works just fine without it.

Yeah, basically everything would work without it but sadly there are multiple levels and the highest one is TPM based so there's no way around. Good on Wise to "just" run a basic integrity check.

Socheat

@kait said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@x1arch said:

@JohnFilch123 said:

@david said:
I get weekly updates from LineageOS, currently on Android 16.

However, bootloader is still open, isn't it?

On Graphene OS, on pixel, after installing, bootloader should be locked (https://grapheneos.org/install/web#locking-the-bootloader). But anyway GPay not works. I beleave Gpay is most common dealbreaker for the switching to Grephene.

Yep, good approach. I guess if you cannot live without gpay, ya you are cooked. Also, some apps are not working on Graphene coz devs were too lazy to support it.

You mean apps dont work because devs are to scared of a free person. I've seen many apps not work because they detect a custom ROM.

Bank apps are a good example of that.