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People change their tune extremely quickly when you ask them to show you their phone, ask them for the password and let you look through it to make sure you don't have anything bad…

Me too, we'll see.

EU has proved that they are exactly just like the big corps pushing for control and less privacy.

Luckily you can't enshittify something that is already shit (not necessarily but you get what I mean) .

I think it can be company details if you're an actual company, but they'll probably still have you list some kind of primary point of contact (e.g. head developer or something).

I'd argue it's basically the same thing except added in a complication to make it sound less bad. Google still has the final say here on what apps you install and don't install on …

Can't you write apps in C++ or something alike on android if you really wanted to?

It's super convenient storing your payment card in your phone securely though and not having to carry around another card which can be stolen or lost at any time, it's nice simply …

Sadly "non-certified" phones come at a big consequence, I wrote a big article on it on HN but I'll give you the summary, Google has added in "play integrity" into all certified pho…

The privacy and control implications this has is absolutely insane, they are control freaks just like almost every other big corporation. I'd fully argue that what they are doing t…

It would be nice if Google cared, but sadly they're more interested in how this will make them more money and how seamlessly they can integrate it with existing verified developers…

This seriously pisses me off. We are literally watching the end of true ownership of our phones end right before our eyes, imagine if your laptop or new motherboard you purchased f…

Important sentence is "..or at least not as often as they should" :) I have no doubt most people brush their teeth in one capacity or another, but do you really think 98% of people…

> but now it is “overmedicating” a vulnerable fraction of the population. Makes sense, but the intention also is that many people do not brush their teeth, or at least do not brush…

They put in a lot of work to make it seem like they do believe it or not, I'm not sure how well it is working out for them though.