Comment on Me after Jerboa announced it is ending support

starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s fair, but it’s asking a little much of users to start direct dowloading apks or whatever to get their leftist shitposting app and if I wanted to try that hard for anything but an adblocker it wouldn’t be an Android in the first place.

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  • BetterDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    OK you’re allowed to just not do that.

    The rest of us who are willing to put some effort in will likely not notice your absence.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sure, it’ll be just one person lol

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      • Fmstrat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’d be willing to bet at least 50% of respondents in this thread use FDroid and/or Obtainium, and will continue to use side loading.

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  • luciferofastora@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    asking a little much of users to start direct dowloading apks or whatever to get their leftist shitposting app

    I mean, if you’re serious about ideology, you probably won’t mind taking a few extra steps for it. If the status quo pisses you off, why not do something that’s ultimately still free and only takes a little more time?

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    but it’s asking a little much of users to start direct dowloading apks or whatever

    you don’t need to be manually downloading apks. get a proper app store, like f-droid, and install jerboa that way.

    I don’t get it though. uploading apps to the play store has already required devs to prove their identity for quite a long time.

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    • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The difference is, they want to remove side loading.

      That means all apps need to go through play store. No more f-droid on certified android devices. You need to be on play store, or your app is not installable.

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      • Fmstrat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You can still use FDroid and Obtainium, you just have to enable side loading manually.

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