Premium Only Content
Google Blocking Sideloading of Apps? Effect on De-Googled Phones
Developers were recently informed by Google, including me, that signing keys are now required to be completed for all apps. That in itself isn't particularly new but Signing keys were used to validate your app with the Play store.
Now the validation will be done on device which means Google Android will "check In" with Google to verify the identity of the app and to validate the operating system.
This has obvious problems for non-Google operating systems like iODE OS, LineageOS or BraxOS.
This means you can't sideload an app from an unofficial source. But it could also be used to lock the ecosystem so we're forced to install only Google apps on approved Google OS versions.
Let's study the implications of this. Aside from sideloading apps, there are apps that come from F-Droid for example, will these be blocked as well? We'll need to study what this means.
-
25:49
Rob Braxman Tech
29 days agoLinux Will Work For You. Time to Dump Windows 10. And Don't Bother with Windows 11
5.5K28 -
LIVE
StoneMountain64
2 hours agoArc Raiders is actually INCREDIBLE
114 watching -
2:03:04
MattMorseTV
5 hours ago $0.74 earned🔴Trump’s EMERGENCY Oval Office ANNOUNCEMENT.🔴
58.3K64 -
LIVE
GrimmHollywood
5 hours ago🔴LIVE • GRIMM HOLLYWOOD and BIG TALL REDNECK • 3K 3XL TAKEDOWN • PGA • BF6 REDSEC • ARC RAIDERS
68 watching -
3:11:27
Right Side Broadcasting Network
18 hours agoLIVE REPLAY: President Trump Makes an Announcement - 11/6/25
144K59 -
1:04:07
The Rubin Report
4 hours agoZohran Mamdani Humiliates Himself by Breaking His First Promise Only 24 Hours After His Win
83.9K149 -
1:04
Steven Crowder
4 hours agoTEASER: Deport All Illegals | Change My Mind
146K528 -
4:37:26
Barry Cunningham
17 hours agoBREAKING NEWS: PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT!
35.2K26 -
53:52
The White House
5 hours agoPresident Trump Makes an Announcement, Nov. 6, 2025
28.7K48 -
1:02:55
VINCE
6 hours agoThey're Coming For You Next | Episode 163 - VINCE 11/06/25
242K384