It's not possible to provide a path for advanced users that a stupid person can't be coerced to use.

Moreover, it's not possible to provide a path for advanced users that a stupid person won't use by accident, either.

These are what drive many instances of completely missing paths for advanced users. It's not possible to stop coercion or accidents. It is literally impossible. Any company that doesn't want to take the risk can only leave advanced users completely out of the picture. There's nothing else they can do.

Google will fail to prevent misuse of this feature, and advanced users will eventually be left in the dust completely as Google learns there's no way to safely provide for them. This is inevitable.

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edent 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Android could have, for example, a 24 hour "cooling off" period for sideloading approval. Much like some bootloader unlocking - make it subject to a delay.

That immediately takes the pressure off people who are being told that their bank details are at immediate risk.

	▲	cesarb 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Android could have, for example, a 24 hour "cooling off" period for sideloading approval. And, to prevent the scammer from simply calling back once the 24 hours are gone, make it show a couple of warnings (at random times so they can't be predicted by the scammer) explaining the issue, with rejecting these warnings making the cooling off timer reset (so a new attempt to enable would need another full 24 hours).
	▲	hattmall 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The people gullible enough to fall for a scam like that are also gullible enough to follow more instructions 24 hours later. I think if you could force a call to the phone and have an agent or even AI that talks to user and makes sure no scam is involved then gives an unlock code based on deviceID or something. But that would cost money and scammers would work around it anyway.