Thank goodness for F-droid.
Until you find out that the app isn't able to use the google notification service so it puts a persistent notification in your bar and uses more battery.
Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
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#322One of the reasons I really like Element is the fact that it runs completely in the browser, no need to install a native app - which, lets be realistic, is really only a viable option (for the average consumer) if you submit to the proprietary App Store or Play Store. Sadly, Element Web is not yet responsive, but I hope that changes soon so that it can be finally free from the constraints of the constraints of proprietary native platforms like iOS and Android.
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#323Earlier quoted context omitted.
should have built your own phone with your own store - hn hivemind
Can we just please pass some legislation to break Google and Apple's app installation monopoly already? Sure, they built the phones, doesn't mean we can't demand more rights than they decide it's profitable to give us (or put another way, just because the king's ancestors founded the country doesn't mean we shouldn't demand freedom and democracy).
And while we're at it, let's disallow Google from mandating the exclusive use of their own service for push notifications.
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#324Stop using apps whenever you can. Use your browser.
The browser can not do push notifications when the device is locked. Which is kind of a core feature for IM.
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#325Earlier quoted context omitted.
I quit Reddit, Amazon, Twitter, Google, Instagram and Facebook. My life has never been better. Minor inconvenience does not outweigh major improvements in my mental wellness. (Edit: I mention mental wellness because those products, and the ads they carry, are designed to be addictive.)
Are you saying that not using Google search has improved your quality of life?
In recent months I went from treating DuckDuckGo as some exotic search engine to using it many times a day. That is only because Google search is becoming useless, ad-ridden mess.
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#326It seems all those deplatforming started really recently with trump/parler and turned into a witch hunt. It's now totally out of control and we start to look like CCP
We really are seeing the cultural revolution of technology. The era of open innovation and freedom of expression is over. And because both sides of politics can only see as far as the next election, they will just use this to their advantage to deplatform their opponents. And who loses? The proles, of course.
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#327I have no idea whether this is correlated with the other recent de-platforming events, but the rapidly growing list of examples is now getting ridiculous. It’s crazy to imagine that the rug could get pulled out from beneath any of us, any time, under any pretext (or no pretext at all!). I don’t know whether a more apt metaphor alludes to serfs on feudal land, or The Trial by Kafka. If it turns out this is because of…
Banning Element because of channels created on a decentralised network makes as much sense as banning a web-browser because of websites created on a decentralised network (i.e., the Internet). Looking forward to Chrome's imminent removal from the Play Store.
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#328I hope more apps start allowing to directly download an .apk file from their website. I don't have Google Play Services or the Play store installed on my phone nor do I want to install them. Yes, it's my responsibility to update the app, whatever, just give me the file.
Whats wrong with F-Droid?
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#329Earlier quoted context omitted.
You, like Parler, have been targeted by the powers that be. You may have nothing else in common other than that but, you're in the same boat it seems.
Parler curated the content on their platform for months including shadowbanning new accounts until they had been approved by volunteer moderators. Accounts on Parler called for and planned violence against elected officials for months. Executives at the company spoke often and publicly supporting that content. If your going to argue with a straight face the this new situation is the same as Parler, your putting Eleme…
> Accounts on Parler called for and planned violence against elected officials for months. Executives at the company spoke often and publicly supporting that content.
Did not know this, you have a source for this?
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#330So we got notified by the developer console at 21:45 UTC that the app had been suspended, but still haven’t had an email to explain why - it’s 02:24 now. Our assumption that this is due to someone reporting abusive content in Matrix to Google, and Element catching the blame — although this is currently speculation. To be clear: Element is a Matrix client just as Chrome is a Web browser, and just as it’s possible to v…
should have built your own phone with your own store - hn hivemind
We tried.
- The FirefoxOS team.
- The Jolia team.
- The UbuntuPhone team.
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