Google ending sideloading

[puppykickr]

So Google is going to make it difficult to sideload anything onto your android soon.

I am wondering if my solution will work....

I use Shizuku and Canta to 'uninstall for user' all the Google crap and any bloatware on my devices.

From what I have read, if the device has Google Play Services on it then sideloading requires a computer and effort.

When I 'uninstall for user', this is an ADB command that makes the apps chosen stay dormant- even after a reboot, and they no longer show up in a launcher.

However, they do show up when you check Apps through Settings.
They do not run, and they all say 'uninstalled for user'.

Basically that means that if I had another profile on the device then those apps would run normally, but only on the other profile- not the one I used Canta on.

My question here is if anyone thinks this 'trick' will work, or will I once again be sitting on Google tacks when I use my phone?

THE SWIMMING POOL ON THE TITANIC IS STILL FULL

 

[puppykickr]

i would love anyone that has the free time to try Shizuku and Canta (need both) together to degoogle a device and converse about results and discuss if this will work with future devices

 

[puppykickr]

Keep Android Open

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

keepandroidopen.org

 

[The_Chief]

It's far worse than just blocking side-loading. This is a pure, adulterated police surveillance state for sale to whoever will pay the price... and it's an OS-level block.

 

[puppykickr]

i dont allow updates to my devices for this very exact type of thing

Everyone is always, "Gee, man. You sure bitch and moan about Google a lot for someone who uses their devices."

Yes.
Yes I do.

I f you buy a hamburger at McDonald's, it is how you want it or else you dont except it.
Somehow if it's Google I am just supposed to toll over and hope that they use lube this time and I better not bitch about it.

This is why I want them off the device before it ever connects to the web at all.

As far as I am concerned, if Google doesnt like that then it is their prerogative not to sell the device to me in the first place.

It's just not my problem, and nobody is going to convince me otherwise.

I am actually anxious to see what if anything happens to my device.
This is going to be a great test to see if what I have done to this thing really works or not.

I just wish that I had a better device to start with, this one was the last dud in the line its from.

Watch everyone scramble for old devices and batteries for them after this $#!+storm hits.

Then again, the ones that say I bitch too much will be rolling over and lubing up (if they want)

And I will still be out there bitching about it, no matter what happens.
It is what it is, right?

THE SWIMMING POOL ON THE TITANIC IS STILL FULL