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Google follows Apple's app security example

From Tom Elam@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Sun Aug 31 22:20:39 2025

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No more freedom to sideload juist any app. Google cracks down in a big way.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/

Mama Google looking more like Apple!
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From Nick Charles to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon Sep 1 00:04:12 2025

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On 8/31/2025 10:20 PM, Tom Elam wrote:

No more freedom to sideload just any app. Google cracks down in a big way.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/

Mama Google looking more like Apple!

You could have stopped at "Google follows Apple".

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From Tom Elam@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon Sep 1 12:22:10 2025

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On 9/1/2025 12:04 AM, Nick Charles wrote:

On 8/31/2025 10:20 PM, Tom Elam wrote:

No more freedom to sideload just any app. Google cracks down in a big
way.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-
of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/

Mama Google looking more like Apple!

You could have stopped at "Google follows Apple".

LOL. Actually they follow each other but lately it's more Google playing catch-up in the OS and app space. Apple still has a ways to go with Maps.
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