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Google Tightens Android Sideloading—At What Cost to Digital Freedom?

Google has begun blocking sideloaded Android apps in Singapore, citing security concerns over apps requesting sensitive permissions like SMS and accessibility services.

Read more at Purism: puri.sm/posts/google-restricts

Will this push devices like the ones offered by @purism@social.librem.one to the forefront of digital technology? I know that I, for one, will likely be looking into one of these devices for my next phone. Though I just bought a new Motorola last week, I may buy a Librem just for testing, especially if OS's like Graphene go the way of the Dodo, due to Google, well, being evil...
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