diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/messages/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/messages/activities/MainActivity.kt
index fdf98661..1f2db669 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/messages/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/messages/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -101,9 +101,12 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
             loadMessages()
         }
 
-        if (checkAppSideloading()) {
-            return
-        }
+        // [fork] checkAppSideloading() shows a "this app is corrupted, get the
+        // original" dialog when the applicationId differs from the official
+        // Fossify one. Suppressed here because this is intentionally a fork.
+        // if (checkAppSideloading()) {
+        //     return
+        // }
     }
 
     override fun onResume() {
@@ -215,28 +218,11 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity() {
     }
 
     private fun loadMessages() {
-        if (isQPlus()) {
-            val roleManager = getSystemService(RoleManager::class.java)
-            if (roleManager!!.isRoleAvailable(RoleManager.ROLE_SMS)) {
-                if (roleManager.isRoleHeld(RoleManager.ROLE_SMS)) {
-                    askPermissions()
-                } else {
-                    val intent = roleManager.createRequestRoleIntent(RoleManager.ROLE_SMS)
-                    startActivityForResult(intent, MAKE_DEFAULT_APP_REQUEST)
-                }
-            } else {
-                toast(org.fossify.commons.R.string.unknown_error_occurred)
-                finish()
-            }
-        } else {
-            if (Telephony.Sms.getDefaultSmsPackage(this) == packageName) {
-                askPermissions()
-            } else {
-                val intent = Intent(Telephony.Sms.Intents.ACTION_CHANGE_DEFAULT)
-                intent.putExtra(Telephony.Sms.Intents.EXTRA_PACKAGE_NAME, packageName)
-                startActivityForResult(intent, MAKE_DEFAULT_APP_REQUEST)
-            }
-        }
+        // [fork] Don't force the user to make this app the default SMS app
+        // on first launch. Read-only access via permissions is enough to
+        // browse and translate; the user can opt in to be the default
+        // through the system settings later if they want.
+        askPermissions()
     }
 
     // while SEND_SMS and READ_SMS permissions are mandatory, READ_CONTACTS is optional.