This "sideloading" thing is mostly to enforce US sanctions against countries like China, Russia and Iran.

So yes, hundreds of millions of people care about this.

I don't think it follows that the entire population of each of those countries automatically cares about this just because it's, ostensibly, being done to enforce sanctions against them.

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otabdeveloper4 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I never said anything about "entire".

Normies in sanctioned countries install banking apps by "sideloading" APK's downloaded from an official site. They all know exactly what "sideloading" is and why Google is banning it.

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nozzlegear an hour ago | parent [-]

You said "hundreds of millions." If that's not "entire," it's pretty damn close.

> They all know [...] why Google is banning it.

Do they? I don't think most "normies" would come to the same conclusion you have. By definition, a "normie" seems much more likely to trust that this is being done for security rather than persecution. Especially when they learn that Americans can't easily sideload bank apps either.

	▲	otabdeveloper4 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Do they? Absolutely 100 percent. > a "normie" seems much more likely to trust that this is being done for security rather than persecution When USGov sanctions a NormieBank in a sanctioned country and its apps disappear from the Play Store and then Google announces that APK's cannot be installed anymore then even the dumbest sheeple can put two and two together. Also, this isn't a Google issue, this is a USGov issue. What is Google to do when people in suits ask why they provide a sanctions avoidance technology with a scary name like "sideloading"? (Sounds like something that terrorists and Iranians do, tbh.)