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curtisnewton

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    Comment #45918029

    > Probably because they require APIs which cannot be used when publishing to the AppStore That's the funny part. They do stuff they want to prohibit to other developers because "sa…

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    Comment #45917970

    > You mean install the app? Correct, I mean install the app. Sideloading is the corporate jargon for "installing an app".

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    Comment #45913362

    > without requiring Google's authorization for app publication. funnily enough, I am installing google drive for computers right now (macOS), I had to download a .pkg and basically…

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    Comment #45912573

    > I'm not in any of those autocratic countries Autocratic Albania banned by law ads on YouTube so if you are in Albania (or your VPN is - wink! wink!) you get to watch YouTube with…

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    Comment #45912548

    > more competent than their 80-year-old nontechnical self can worry about cybersecurity 80-year-old nontechnical self can easily operate machines and devices that are much more com…

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    Comment #45912466

    I guess it's because propaganda and scare tactics work.

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    Comment #45912455

    > Then i guess you can't publish apps? I want to distribute apps (someone might also want to simply sell them), not publish them I don't need a publisher, internet is a publishing …