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Or you can just not drop an app that just became the victim of corporate censorship.
Why is this topic not coming up more often? There is heavy censorship in play here at the same levels as China and Russia.
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Re: Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
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Terrorism became a US obsession because a little over 3,000 died on our soil. Covid-19 will kill 100,000 or more. The fear is justified and the extreme prejudice against Covid-19 misinformation (most of which has an agenda behind it) is warranted. This particular case may go too far, but that has no bearing on whether the other efforts against misinformation are too extreme.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fbi-erroneously-reveals-id... Please tell me again how it was justified to attack Iraq, while we continue to bend over for Saudi Arabia? The fear is not justified, never has been, and it is not the time to sign away your freedoms and believe whatever government agencies and corporations tell you.
That comment's only mention of fear is the fear of covid. What are you insultingly responding to?
Re: Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
#233This is the result of out-sourcing juristic work to private companies: If we treat Android, Window, Twitter, Facebook, as public spaces/goods, then private companies should not have a say in what is allowed/not-allowed on their platforms. This is work for the courts and police to decide and enforce. If we treat those platforms as private. Then we are playing in s/o's backyard. You are totally at their mercy. They hav…
Telcos are private. They are not allowed to disconnect calls when people are talking about things they don't like. They are not allowed to drop accounts for organizations saying things they don't like.
Electric companies are mostly private. They are not allowed to cut off electricity to people/orgs that say things they don't like.
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> I can't wait until I can make a real Linux based phone my daily driver. Alas, all the competitors are now moribund, and much of the market couldn't give two hoots about privacy issues.
What do you mean? Pinephone is alive and well and you can get your own Linux "toy" for $150. Can't say much about Librem 5, but afaik they are also shipping.
How is Whatsapp support? Phone without WhatsApp is currently nogo here.
Re: Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
#235May as well remove the fucking Chrome browser while they're at it.
Re: Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
#236So what’s the problem? HN users always complain about Apple’s “walled garden” and how much better Android is because users can sideload apps.
(Note sarcasm)
Re: Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
#237Earlier quoted context omitted.
>...but either way this is unlikely to be company policy Perhaps you haven't seen the article because it's behind an Apple News link. There's a screenshot of a message stating company policy as follows: "Pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Developer Agreement and the Enforcement policy, apps referencing Covid-19, or related terms, in any form will only be approved for distribution on Google Play if they are published, com…
We’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. With new diseases or any new phenomena knowledge changes frequently. Oftentimes official organs are lagging and independent voices are at the forefront and have the freshest information. Unfortunately both of the above can have counter agenda (could have good intentions such as calming hoarding), even worse is that you can have kooks, active disinformation, lulz, etc. Ther…
I think our traditional answer was good enough. Trust the people to weigh a wide range of information and opinions. Delegate more detailed analysis and decision making to political representatives and independent institutions.
It's not like there wasn't any anti-scientific rubbish, hate speech and manipulation in book shops, newspapers and on TV. Entire countries used to be run by media barons (literally or effectively).
Regarding Covid specifically, I find it pretty ironic that free speech should be restricted to government officials by an oligopoly of US corporations while the head of the US government routinely spreads anti-scientific disinformation on that very subject (and on others).
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Here you go: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ and https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
I had seen them and perhaps it's time to give them a go. Are you (or anyone else) using it, and how is it?
Comments from someone who has them both: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23195007
Re: Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
#239Google should be more careful about banning high ranking/rated apps. It looks anti-competitive considering they want more people using Google podcasting app. I'd like to think this was an accident somewhere down the chain and will be remedied in the morning. I love the app and hope it gets sorted out.
>It looks anti-competitive
Why would google care at this point? Regulators world wide are basically useless. They might sue Google eventually and years later Google might settle for 1% of the profit they made as a result. So why would they ever care?
Re: Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
#240This is the result of out-sourcing juristic work to private companies: If we treat Android, Window, Twitter, Facebook, as public spaces/goods, then private companies should not have a say in what is allowed/not-allowed on their platforms. This is work for the courts and police to decide and enforce. If we treat those platforms as private. Then we are playing in s/o's backyard. You are totally at their mercy. They hav…
You really trust the US court system to be impartial?
Should Apple/Google be forced to carry pornographic apps? White supremacists apps? Apps that invade people’s privacy? Which government should hold this responsibility? Should we have an international committee deciding this?