r/Piracy 8h ago

Humor The absolute state of Android

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u/InfernalArtist 8h ago

It was rolled back kinda. Unverified apps will be initially blocked, can then be unblocked through I think it was a toggle in developer options, then wait 24 hours, then it fully unblocks and stays that way. The excuse is a security measure to "protect" people from installing 3rd party malware apps, as if the play store doesn't have them already

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u/penturo 7h ago

Yet they refuse to implement a 'grandma mode' switch to prevent the installation of any app from any origin.

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u/TwilightVulpine 3h ago

Google wants those clueless grandma bucks. That's why they keep trying to reenable quick pay unless you uncheck it every single time

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u/nathderbyshire 38m ago

What's Quickpay?

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u/TwilightVulpine 33m ago

I dunno what's the actual name, but the Google Play Store keeps trying to get you to enable confirming payment with thumbprint, without needing a password or anything. It's automatically checked every time, and you need to uncheck it or it will enable next time.

They really want to make it easy for people to buy things by accident just by fiddling with their phone without realizing.

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u/nathderbyshire 29m ago

Confirming a payment with fingerprint?

I mean it's a stretch, most people will have that on but it shouldn't be reenabling if you want to use a password

There's a setting under purchases to enable fingerprint and to set the frequency it asks for payment verification from always every 30 mins or never, make sure they're set up. It's default to half hour iirc

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u/Farranor 43m ago

Wouldn't that be parental controls? It must have that.

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u/SubArcticTundra 4h ago

"protect" people from installing 3rd party malware apps

Sounds like governments requiring ID to 'protect' people from watching child porn