Sure, I get that. The issue is that as soon as you introduce the ability to install apps from outside the App Store, it becomes possible to trick unsuspecting users into clicking buttons they don't understand. By designing a web page to look like an actual Apple page, a malicious party could convince users to "opt in" to outside sources, in a similar way in which phishing websites harvest users' online banking credentials. Currently, this kind of attack is entirely impossible on iPhone.

On malware being distributed through alternate stores, yes. For example:

• https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazons-app-store-puts-millions-of-android-devices-at-risk/
• https://cybernews.com/news/over-9-million-android-devices-infected-with-new-trojan-from-huaweis-app-store/
• https://www.pcmag.com/news/study-reveals-googles-play-store-is-main-distributor-of-malicious-apps (Table VII, "alt-market" row)

The real user benefit will be very small

This is just my gut feeling. It is based on not knowing anyone IRL that has willingly installed an Android app from outside the Play Store, but actually knowing people that avoid it because of the potential security implications.

You have to remember that the vast majority of smartphone users are not power users, and not the people who hang out on these forums. While something may look attractive in small circles like these, there are many other factors to consider when targetting the entire userbase.

I think it refers to an MMORPG related to the Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West games.

ITT: People that don't know the difference between privacy and security.

Do navigation gestures still work if you use a third party launcher? There was a time when it broke the animations and the gestures became clunky.

Yeah, I see it. Horrible for the users though...

Seriously, this bot is great. It's one of my favourite parts of finding news through Lemmy, just like it used to be on the old site.

There is a way to enable arbitrary add-ons to work on Firefox for Android, but you have to do a few extra steps: register a Firefox account, create a collection of extensions, then add that collection to your phone. I can tell you that Conset-o-Matic definitely works if you take this route.

Do you know if hardware decode of 4K HEVC works on the Orange Pi 5?

Encryption isn't banned. The government could just ask service providers to decrypt content at any time, allegedly so that it can be scanned for child abuse. This is impossible with e2ee, so such services may become impossible to operate in the UK.

I only tried it on desktop. There's a tiny progress bar at the bottom, but you can't interact with it.

Try Eternity (previously Infinity) too. It's similar to Connect, but much more customizable. I haven't used it before, but I'm trying it now and enjoying it!