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minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4日前there is already a dev option that users need to enable to use fdroid and such, and google wants to change that now. I doubt that they will just add a 2nd dev option, because that wouldn’t change anything.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3日前It’s not a dev option at the moment. It’s a permission setting and it doesn’t require enabling developer options.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3日前oh, right, my bad. I so rarely go to that menu that I forgot it.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3日前Yup, makes sense. You do it in the beginning and then you forget about it. Until you change a phone. 😊
there is already a dev option that users need to enable to use fdroid and such, and google wants to change that now. I doubt that they will just add a 2nd dev option, because that wouldn’t change anything.
It’s not a dev option at the moment. It’s a permission setting and it doesn’t require enabling developer options.
oh, right, my bad. I so rarely go to that menu that I forgot it.
Yup, makes sense. You do it in the beginning and then you forget about it. Until you change a phone. 😊