• Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub
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      8 hours ago

      Aaaaand now I’m carrying around a laptop again, at least mini pcs are tiny now, maybe a small handheld would do…

      if any of this shit hinders me, I’ll get a dumb phone and the cheapest iphone available for manditory work-based things and say so-long to being a mobile OS user.

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        7 hours ago

        I recently started carrying a GPD microPC because of this bullshit.

        It’s like a very bulky phone. Pocketable but kinda chonk. Thumb typing kinda thing.

        But it runs Fedora + gnome with no problems.

        My phone is now just for quick stuff and a way to make a WiFi hotspot.

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      6 hours ago

      That doesnt appear to be true, the restriction seems to be on apps being installed from file managers, web browsers, messaging, etc.

      F-droid and the like are not part of that list.

      This still isn’t good, but it doesnt stop you from having F-droid manage your messaging apps it would seem.

      Edit: If you’re down voting because you think its using the same method as a file manager as the user that replied to me, this is incorrect. This is also an issue going back several versions.

      F-Droid uses a session installer method for 3rd party app stores, it does not use the same method as a file manager.

      For an article about a similar issue brought up by similar restrictions in previous updates, you can refer to this article:

      https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-restricted-settings-sideloading-3481098/

      You can also refer to this thread in the F-Droid forums which covers this as well, from 2 1/2 years ago:

      https://forum.f-droid.org/t/sideloading-restrictions-or-removal-in-future-how-it-effects-fdroid/21089/10

      Which also includes a merged discussion from the last time this came up 9 months ago.

      F-Droid has been using the session installer method for quite some time.