Big difference is that that one setting was shown to you with a button press when you tried to install an app. With this, you need to remember or make a screenshot of where you need to go, open the settings app and then go there and toggle it on. It’s just a lot more annoying to do and Samsung probably hopes that that will deter people from doing it.
So you need to change two settings instead of one to side load. Seems rather pointless.
Big difference is that that one setting was shown to you with a button press when you tried to install an app. With this, you need to remember or make a screenshot of where you need to go, open the settings app and then go there and toggle it on. It’s just a lot more annoying to do and Samsung probably hopes that that will deter people from doing it.
Just standard corporate dark patterns
…Why? What’s the point? What do they possibly hope to achieve?
I would guess making their phones seem more secure because people get less malware. I still think it’s stupid tho.
That, or just pushing people to use their app store instead.
Which is a bit rich given that the Play store is 90% shitty, nefarious apps.