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Google’s Sideloading Crackdown: Why It’s a Threat to Everyone’s Privacy and Freedom
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this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2026
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Then lets get the Wine equivalent for Android? Have an open sourced OS that will still run google play bullshit
SteamOS and Proton are kind of paving the way. It’ll be interesting to see if Steam Frame can take that further, especially on mobile/ARM, and shake up the usual players.
Well they are paving the way, but on PC's... I'm talking about mobile phones and android :)