Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

Post by ddtaylor » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 11:23 PM UTC

g-b-r wrote: post #31

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Hey, on the other hand, zero malware! It is zero, right? Please say it's zero... Just today I found a malicious version of Ledger on the macOS app store. It's been there for five weeks , and there are already some anecdotes out there of people losing their coins. I guess that's somehow the developer's fault for not "staking their claim" to their name, as Apple seems to only monitor for malicious duplicate submissions…

Sure, and zero ads and total privacy, as well

Post by ddtaylor » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 11:24 PM UTC

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Brazil and India have created alternatives to Mastercard/Visa duopoly. EU is seeking to do the same.

Bitcoin exists. Completely permissionless, anyone on earth can use it. Easier to accept as a merchant than any third party integration. Doesn't require you to trust any government at all.

Post by echelon » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC

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We do not need our hyperscaler minders telling us what content we can and cannot consume. This ought to be grounds to litigate antitrust. This should not be happening. We need web-based app installs without scare walls ("downloading from the internet is dangerous"), without hidden settings menus to enable them ("Settings > Apps > Special app access > Install unknown apps"), and without any interference or meddling fr…

This should already be illegal under the DMA. I don't know how Google is planning to get out of it.

Post by stavros » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC

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This should already be illegal under the DMA. I don't know how Google is planning to get out of it.

There hasn't been so much as a finger lifted against antitrust behavior since 2000. They feel as though they're invincible at this point.

Post by gumby271 » Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC

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Well, at least we can "sideload" this easily with minimum attrition, right?

In a few months Google will automatically deploy new software on our devices. This will be for our benefit and to help protect us. If you still want to sideload dangerous unnaproved applications, first just ask Google for permission and then a day later they'll let you sideload applications to your device. I'm so grateful that they are allowing us to do this and protecting us.