Your daughter couldn't publish anything for Android either, unless she is of legal age, uploads her drivers license and pays $25 to Google. Sideloading on Android has become even worse than on iOS, with a 24h waiting period to enable it.

> Sideloading on Android has become even worse than on iOS, with a 24h waiting period to enable it.

In the short-term, I suppose that 24-hour period is *#@!§$%-annoying and a regression compared to the previous situation, but beyond that it's still way better than Apple where a) you have to install Xcode and build the app yourself, b) you can only install three apps concurrently and c) you need to reinstall them every seven days.

With Android, beyond that initial 24-hour waiting period, you don't need any external software, you can install an unlimited number of apps and once installed they stay installed forever.

My phone has no such delay or verification, but sure they'll roll it out eventually. Sideloading from a computer has no delay, only downloaded APKs, and that only once. You can get a developer account without ID or payment for up to 20 devices.

I think none of this should be the case, and I'll switch to a custom OS on my next device if not this one, but I don't think it's worse than iOS?

> Sideloading on Android has become even worse than on iOS, with a 24h waiting period to enable it.

How so? On Android I can sideload apks I didn't make