• Tiger Jerusalem
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    9311 months ago

    I bet a cookie that this will be used to kill apps like NewPipe and Revanced.

    • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      2511 months ago

      Yep.

      I’ve already seen it try to disable sideloaded apps. Was yet one more motivator to go to a de-googled device (specifically DivestOS). I can’t do Graphene with my current device, but my next phone will be a Pixel 5.

        • 520
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          811 months ago

          Yeah. Pixel 8 just launched. If you want a cheaper phone go for the 7s

          • @PlantJam@lemmy.world
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            211 months ago

            Google offered $150 for my nearly new 7, I’m sure there will be quite a few on the used market.

        • Alex
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          111 months ago

          Probably because of ROM support

          • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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            111 months ago

            That and the form factor, feature set, weight, brightness l, fingerprint sensor, weight, materials.

            I’d prefer a 4 since it’s plastic, but the 5 is almost exactly same size and weight.

        • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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          111 months ago

          Currently using an Essential Ph1. Paid $100 for it. Runs fast. Faster than my friends newer phones.

          I see no reason to pay hundreds of dollars for a phone. I’d rather pay $130 for a good condition Pixel 5 that has the features I want, and I can afford to keep a testing phone around or use it as a hot spare, and still pay less than a “new” phone.

    • Alimentar
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      1811 months ago

      Or more an excuse to monitor and read app data

    • @pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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      711 months ago

      I have sideloaded apps where the malicious code has been removed (e.g. a Spotify client without ads). I bet this is an attempt to block them.

    • Madis
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      411 months ago

      But… they could’ve already done that with current tools? Not like these change the package ID often.

      • Tiger Jerusalem
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        211 months ago

        They could, but I think that would be too obvious. Why such system they could flag it at OS level with a big, scary warning and claim it was for security sake.