# Could This Be the End of Android Sideloading? | This Week in Privacy #16 (Aug. 29, 2025)

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/could-this-be-the-end-of-android-sideloading-this-week-in-privacy-16-aug-29-2025/30500
**Category:** Livestreams
**Created:** 2025-08-27T04:23:00Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @jordan — 2025-08-27T04:23:00Z

Join us 2025-08-29T21:00:00Z for _This Week In Privacy_ #16, to catch up on the latest _Privacy Guides_ updates and to discuss trending news in the privacy space.

> **[Could This Be the End of Android Sideloading? | This Week in Privacy #16...](https://www.youtube.com/live/rnBWGLuAX4o)**
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> Welcome to Episode 16 of This Week in Privacy. Google is planning to require developers to verify their identity before their apps can be side-loaded. The FT...

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## Post 2 by @jordan — 2025-08-27T04:23:30Z



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## Post 3 by @anon57862721 — 2025-08-27T14:00:15Z

A general question and feeling I think we’re all having with this new BS: what the fuck?

Please address the titular question with mine and tell us what you both feel about this too. And don’t hold back. Thanks!

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## Post 4 by @HackOrSwim — 2025-08-27T21:28:37Z

Google is doing these changes to how they approach Android even though they have antitrust issues against them. Wouldn’t this just make their case harder to defend? If they DO have to sell Android or anything of the sort, how would Google’s reach across the entire supply chain be handled?

And, separately, what would the best-case scenario be in light of the changes that have been happening to Android?

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## Post 5 by @system — 2025-08-29T20:30:30Z



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## Post 6 by @jonah — 2025-09-11T16:08:29Z