Post #2783504

2026-03-19 21:27 UTC

I think it is a reasonable compromise. They could have made it a day wait for any and every time you wanted to side load like this. It prevents accidental or malicious activation, while also giving you the feature you want with the smallest of roadblocks as confirmation you want it. And you only have to do it one time. I don’t think it’s the burden you do.

Replies (5)

@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-03-19 21:37

People this willing to let a self-enriching corporate nanny state erode their ability to use the products *they paid for* terrify me. People this willing to fall for the blatant corporate strategy of "We'll announce something unthinkable but then backpedal to something "only" terrible (and then probably do the unthinkable thing later now that we've encroached further and softened the blow)" for the millionth time *confound* me. Show some dignity; jesus christ. This isn't a "compromise". Me breaking into your house, threatening to kill you, but then "only" hitting you with a bat and leaving isn't a "compromise".

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@grte@lemmy.ca 2026-03-19 21:45

I don't need google telling me what I can put on this fucking phone I bought and paid for.

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@UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2026-03-19 21:46

What is it a compromise between? People who think they own the thing they paid for and people who don't?

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@Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2026-03-19 21:57

A reasonable compromise would be not telling people what they can and can't do on devices they paid for. If Google wants that level of control, they can buy my phone for me.

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@meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-19 23:15

No. Fuck all of that. I will not have some fucking Corp tell me what I can install and when on my own goddamn hardware. If they want to implement something like this, make it an opt-in toggle during device setup to put the phone into nanny mode

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