These changes seem fine tbh, non-technical users genuinely have no reason to be side loading apps that can bypass everything. the average Android user probably doesn’t even understand what an operating system is
Tbh it’d actually be nice if Android out the box could be as locked down as iOS but stay as modifiable as it is now so technical users can still easily open everything up and tinker with it
These changes seem fine tbh, non-technical users genuinely have no reason to be side loading apps that can bypass everything. the average Android user probably doesn’t even understand what an operating system is
Tbh it’d actually be nice if Android out the box could be as locked down as iOS but stay as modifiable as it is now so technical users can still easily open everything up and tinker with it
Side loaded apps can’t bypass anything more than play-provided apps.
Play still does all it’s protection, annoyingly (even when you turn protection off).
Root is the only way to get around those protections (or using a ROM that doesn’t have play installed).
I dont mess around with Android but from the article it seems like side loaded apps have easier access to OS APIs?
That’s what I meant