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> Digital Markets Act, a 2022 law that requires Apple to open iPhones in the bloc to competing app marketplaces and alternative payment systems for in-app sales.

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They are not blocking side loading, they are closing a loophole that prevented what Google deems "sensitive permissions" from being locked away behind a number of scare screens. It appears that you will still be able to grant those permissions for apps downloaded from outside the playstore, you will just have to jump though the same hoops you have to do today for apps that are not using the current loophole.

The article lists clearly that the exception doesn't appear for any app store, not just Google Play ones. It uses PackageManager APIs there.

For any appstore explicitly allowlisted.

Do you think Google will allowlist fdroid?

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