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LineageOS (I use this one)

Graphene OS

Functionally they are virtually identical to stock Android. Android began as an open-source project, and these versions are built off of that.

there are still options for downloading apps from unverified developers, by the way. but from a user standpoint, it is DELIBERATELY obtuse and extremely time-consuming, including a mandatory 24-hour wait period, deterring them from even installing the app(s).

this is meant to deter them from installing unsafe applications, including those distributed by scammers or those with unsavoury intentions, but the vast majority of the time when users look for apps online to sideload they don't want to go through all that trouble for a single app.

i feel it is fair to mention, though, that this process is (or can be) one-time. that makes it no less exhausting.

InstallerX Revived (Github)

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it functions as a replacement for your existing package installer with more robust features, including being able to work as "rooted" without actually rooting your device. make sure to read the dependencies, as you'll need at least one of the other programs to work (shizuku or dhizuku, etc).

as it isn't based around android's issues with trying to get rid of sideloading, the project will continue regardless of android's changes unless those impact the project's ability to actually function. (unlike anyapk which was abandoned after the march update where google announced sideloading would remain.)

I used to prep, wash dishes, and cook at mellow mushroom. I had chronic pain that wasn't NEARLY as bad as it is today, but it was still very debilitating. I told my employer "i cannot stand more than 4 to 6 hours. I CANNOT do shifts longer than this due to my illness." And even though i made my boundaries VERY clear, everyday i worked it was 8 hours at the least and 10 or 12 at the most. I would go up to my manager and say "look i really need to leave, my shift is over, my chronic pain is killing me." And he'd say "we really need to here, you HAVE to push through." And so i did, and after one, ONE month of that job my crps got incredibly worse to the point where i could no longer walk my dog around the block which was .5 miles. I quit, and that was FOUR years ago, and ever since that day I HAVE BEEN BEDRIDDEN AND HAVE TO USE A WHEELCHAIR. It is my biggest regret in life.

My best friend who has seen my whole journey has recently developed undiagnosed chronic pain, and she is in the EXACT same scenario i was 4 years ago. Busting her ass at a pizza place with extreme pain that hurts her so much she tells me "im in so much pain i don't even feel like a person." She doesn't feel LUCID. And her manager and coworkers are saying the same thing "if you don't help us you will let us down, we'll be in the shit."