I can advise Pichai to lick my nuts
It’s not often I upvote a comment suggesting someone lick their nuts.
Surprised Pichai face
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I would not made those assomption. You would be surprised.
Be Pichai.
Tell people not to sideload apps fOr SaFeTy.
Find out [Insert Malware App] has been on the play store for months and tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people have downloaded it.
I advise him to stfu
That is great advice.
Could you imagine Laptop manufacturers saying “do NOT download apps from other websites. ONLY download from the Windows App Store”
Like, fuck off Pichai, you’re insane
Are phones the only devices out there that receive such scrutiny in the tech world?? My laptop can literally do the exact same thing but better
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People should do that though
It’s good security practice to use your package manager and if you have to download off the internet then you should build it yourself
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You usually can add more repo/source to your package manager though.
You over estimate the average user if you trust them for that
Not really planning on sacrificing privacy and safety from monopolies by doing that thanks. Not everybody’s threat model is that ridiculous.
I agree with him. If you don’t know what you are doing and just blindly install something off the Internet, it’s a security concern. I would not recommend that most users side-load apps, either. You have to remember that this crowd is not representative of the average user.
Just don’t take the option away from those of us who do know what they are doing.
FOSS via F-Droid is gaining momentum, they don’t like it.
They don’t like Epic Game Store gaining momentum. They don’t care that much about F-Droid.
It’s kinda funny to watch two garbage corporations fighting each other
Yeah, no a lot of lost revenue from f droid
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I own my device. I get to choose what I install on it.
Google Chrome isn’t on the Microsoft Store on Windows or macOS Store on macOS. Should I stop “sideloading” it according to his advice?
Edit: Found more about the quote on The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23960811/pichai-we-dont-want-to-allow-you-to-completely-compromise-your-phone
“We’re trying to strike a balance. Apple’s iPhone only allows the App Store, but we believe in choice, so on Android we allow you to sideload and install additional applications.”
I’m so conflicted about it. I don’t want people to have to suffer for intentionally or unintentionally installing garbage on their phones, but I can’t let that take away from how I use my device as well.
Google Chrome isn’t on the Microsoft Store on Windows or macOS Store on macOS. Should I stop “sideloading” it according to his advice?
Yes, actually no one on this planet should be using Chrome or any proprietary browser when superior FLOSS alternatives like Firefox and LibreWolf exist.
Google CEO Pichai can go fuck himself.
Fuck you Pichai, fuck you Google, fuck you Big Tech. I’m not doing what you are telling me, I’m not using your crappy proprietary services that are built to spy on everyone, I’m not watching your shitty advertisements, I’m definitely not giving you any of my data. I hope your piece of shit company goes bankrupt and you end up on the street, that’s where you belong to. I’m not a slave of your totalitarian system, I’m free to choose where I download my software and what software I want to run on my devices. I do everything to avoid your surveillance capitalism, I use FLOSS software wherever I can. Your business model is a piece of trash, it will inevitably fail at some point. I am sure that you will try to do everything to mislead the public and to get them to believe your lies, but not everyone is as stupid as you would like them to be.
Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me 🎵
Clearly this is BS. Sideloading is perfectly safe if you just reputable resources.
What he’s really saying if that the average user is too dumb and will install any rubbish from anywhere. He’s not wrong but that shouldn’t prevent competent users from sideloading.
At least they’ve made the process scary enough that the average user don’t even bother to do it
It’s a non issue that shouldn’t be given any time.
I’ve sideloaded for years and never had any malware.
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Can someone please tell Pichai that I can do whatever I want with my phone that I paid for. (Also tell him to fuck off and that he can suck ma balls)
If we’re not careful there will be a new generation of users who have no concept of “apps” at all, and will conflate sideloading (or anything ‘not authorized’) with an illegal process.
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Ok asshole I won’t sideload apps from the Play Store anymore.
I advise Pichai to suck my dick
