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Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago

Google Play Store removes P2P 'Share apps' functionality [U]

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Google Play Store removes P2P 'Share apps' functionality [U]

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Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago

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The Google Play Store has a Nearby Share-powered method for sending apps on your device to others, but this is now going away...

The Google Play Store has a Nearby Share-powered method for sending apps on your device to others, but this is now going away…

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Ofcourse they do. It would allow people to share and multiply old, non backdoored versions of apps. They know they will be forced to ship those soon.
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  Next they’ll remove side-loading alltogether. Look out, APKmirror, Google is coming for you.

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