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archchan ,

Google Play IS my “sideloading” app repository.

Zak ,
@Zak@lemmy.world avatar

The whole tech world saw Microsoft Palladium as a nightmare scenario, but was quiet ten years later when Apple and Google did the same thing to our phones. That was a mistake.

Nawor3565 ,

Aw shit, it says this is supposed to detect when an app’s binary has been tampered with… That means it’s probably gonna be used to block stuff like ReVanced. I hope they can find a way around this that doesn’t require root.

altima_neo ,
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Nah, revanced will just patch that out too!

Vakbrain , (edited )
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I guess Revanced would eventually have a patch to skip this check. It can already spoof the client and such, why not this as well. I hope so

themachine ,

Well that’s an easy fix. I just won’t use those apps.

chottomatte ,
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Some paid apps actually prevents the user from using it if it’s not paid from Google play

Clent ,

Are you suggesting such an app can be purchased outside Google play but not used?

Having an app check a license server isn’t exactly new. Google play is simply a third party license server.

sorghum ,
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time to demand apps in other repositories. Bonus if it’s f-droid compatible

jalapeno_popper561 ,

No better time than now to degoogle your life.

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