• enable developer options
  • confirm that you are not tricked
  • restart phone and re-authenticate
  • wait one day
  • confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
  • decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
  • confirm that you accept the risks
  • enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this
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    4 days ago

    What side loading do you need to do where the app developer hasn’t verified or isn’t using the limited distribution?

    Well, most of what I install via fdroid?

    Only reason for trying to let people jump so many crazy hoops is that they want to secure their app store, control and monetization monopoly.

    There is no reason why enabling obscurely hidden dev options and setting the corresponding tick after reading a warning message is not already enough to show that people are aware of what they are doing.