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Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] SGforce@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why would any non-Google app choose to do this?

[โ€“] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 6 days ago

Plenty of dumb reasons. For example, a banking app might force you to use the latest version from Google Play for alleged security reasons, which are stupid because you could also just visit the website in whatever browser.