How is that setting supposed to carry over if I don't even have a Google account on my phone?

And even if I disregard that for a moment, what's up with the author being a mouthpiece for Google?

> Google's latest concession makes the sideloading controversy a big nothingburger

> Opting out is going to be even less of a problem than we thought

> This afternoon, Google’s Matthew Forsythe shares some answers to questions he’s gotten about the minutiae of how this process all works — and he’s got some very, *very* good news for us.

(emphasis theirs)

> Doing that once with every new phone already sounded perfectly manageable. But now Google clarifies that even that won’t be necessary, with the opt-out able to be transferred as we upgrade phones. That is maybe just the best news we could have gotten here, and hopefully it’s enough to calm everyone down about the sideloading-sky falling.