Comment on How is TikTok being blocked in the US?

• Steve@communick.news ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not quite. You don’t need any app store at all.
  You literally download an APK file from a website or anywhere, then install it directly. Could even be a friend with a thumb drive. Doesn’t matter how you get it, it’s just a file.

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  • jagged_circle@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah. Dont do that. Its how you install viruses.

    Install through another app store like fdroid. Its the secure way to get APKs

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    • Steve@communick.news ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s got nothing to do with what side loading means.

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