this post was submitted on 15 May 2025
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Requiring the user to jump through hoops is restrictive. Remember, the vast majority of people are not nearly as technically skilled as we.
If they're the sort of users who find such hoops restrictive, do you really want them installing shit willy-nilly?
Are you arguing for the walled gardens now?
Doesn't seem like it, but users who don't know how to toggle a setting should be kept faaaar away from sideloading
Now you are also arguing for walled gardens.