Back in August, Google announced it would start implementing new rules for sideloading on Android, a change that would force developers to verify their identity in the name of "security." Needless to say, this has gone down like a house on fire, because it's a very Apple policy to introduce.

Which really defeats the purpose of having an Android phone. Freedom was always the best thing about Android, since it gave users the ability to have actual control over their device. If Google is going to scrap one of the most important pillars of that freedom, then I might as well just go out and buy an iPhone.

For the record, the last iPhone I owned and used regularly was an iPhone 3GS that I got rid of in 2011.

Google is adamant sideloading isn't going anywhere

Google has responded to the contr

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