bigstrat2003 5 hours ago

Nice strawman. People want the ability to decide for themselves whether or not to install some APK, they are not saying every APK under the sun is trustworthy.

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dsl 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It is a simplification, not a strawman.

If you want to make the decision to install Hay Day, the user should be able to know that it is the Hay Day from Supercell or from Sketchy McMalwareson.

99.9% of apps should have no issue with their name being associated with their work. If you genuinely need to use an anonymously published app, you will still be able to do that as a user.

	▲	nickorlow 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> If you genuinely need to use an anonymously published app, you will still be able to do that as a user. I'm pretty sure the goal of Google's changes is to make it so you can't
	▲	NicuCalcea 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Android already tells users when they're installing software from outside the Play Store and shows big scary warnings if Play Protect is turned off. What else do you want? If I want to install something from Sketchy McMalwareson after all that, that's my phone and my business.