Android 14 set to block certain outdated apps from being installed

[pjmlp]

https://9to5google.com/2023/01/23/android-14-block-install-outdated-apps/

[ClassyJacket]

I'm not okay with this. It's MY device, I should be able to do what Give me a warning, sure, but I should be able to do anything I choose to. (Including taking a screenshot of my banking app)

[WastingMyTime89 → ClassyJacket]

I'm torn.

While I agree with you on principles, it's also true that extremely outdated apps are an actually exploited vulnerability. Plus, technically, you can still load them via adb.

[_aavaa_]

This is going to be a dumb question, but if they api level is too old and seen as a security issue, why does they OS still contain those APIs?

[pjmlp → _aavaa_]

Backwards compatibility as means to be the Windows of mobile OSes, except unlike Windows, one doesn't get the updates.

[_aavaa_ → pjmlp]

If their argument is that this stops malware since it forces stricter apis, I don’t want backwards compatibility with malware

[pjmlp → _aavaa_]

True, the real reason is that most aren't making use of the newer sandboxed API,e.g. filesystem access, unless forced to.