Apps can now block sideloading more easily and force downloads through Google Play

The Play Integrity API has made it easier for apps to check whether you installed or bought them from Google Play.

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Well that's an easy fix. I just won't use those apps.
What if I sideload purely to downgrade a bugged app? Just seems like yet another kick in the teeth by Google.
Not a single app on my phone was installed through Google Play, it's all Aurora. Guess if apps really do this i'll just have to stop using them, cause I'm not installing the play store.
BOOOOO!

YOUR DECISIONS ARE BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD.

google, not op
time to demand apps in other repositories. Bonus if it's f-droid compatible
Aw shit, it says this is supposed to detect when an app's binary has been tampered with... That means it's probably gonna be used to block stuff like ReVanced. I hope they can find a way around this that doesn't require root.
The whole tech world saw Microsoft Palladium as a nightmare scenario, but was quiet ten years later when Apple and Google did the same thing to our phones. That was a mistake.
Can we also sue Google for the same shit as apple? Sideloading isn't enough.
Google Play IS my "sideloading" app repository.
Some paid apps actually prevents the user from using it if it's not paid from Google play
How are those Linux phones coming along?
when will this shit be cracked.
That's fine I rarely download apps that want to be on the Play store anyway

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