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Installing apps from other stores on Android is literally a checkbox away - but installing new root certs on computers is considerably harder, or impossible if your computer is locked-down (group policy, etc).



Installing new roots on Macs, iOS, and Android devices is really easy. It's mildly inconvenient on Linux desktops.


It's actually no longer possible on Android, without jumping through significant hoops:

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/07/changes-to... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12061320 https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/issues/2054

And it's really not the sort of thing your average non-technical user is likely to do - and trust me, having supported these users before, it's likely to go horribly wrong if you try providing steps for them.




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