Comment by otabdeveloper4
4 days ago
This "sideloading" thing is mostly to enforce US sanctions against countries like China, Russia and Iran.
So yes, hundreds of millions of people care about this.
4 days ago
This "sideloading" thing is mostly to enforce US sanctions against countries like China, Russia and Iran.
So yes, hundreds of millions of people care about this.
I don't think it follows that the entire population of each of those countries automatically cares about this just because it's, ostensibly, being done to enforce sanctions against them.
I never said anything about "entire".
Normies in sanctioned countries install banking apps by "sideloading" APK's downloaded from an official site. They all know exactly what "sideloading" is and why Google is banning it.
You said "hundreds of millions." If that's not "entire," it's pretty damn close.
> They all know [...] why Google is banning it.
Do they? I don't think most "normies" would come to the same conclusion you have. By definition, a "normie" seems much more likely to trust that this is being done for security rather than persecution. Especially when they learn that Americans can't easily sideload bank apps either.
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