How can I install Matrix on an android phone without using the Google Play store?
Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
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Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#152So 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…
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Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#153I got banned here for saying this but I'll continue to say it nevertheless. We are already in the Censorship Era. This is an Orwellian Nightmare. The quicker this is brought under control the better. The last thing we need is Corporate Overlords controlling what we say or do online. This includes Hacker News as well.
In dictatorships at least there is a clear authority with clear rules. Here we have multiple aithorities makiblng it up as they go
So choice is a bad thing then?
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#154If anyone needs a download, you can easily install/sideload via f-droid or the app can be trivially built with './gradlew assembleDebug' (provide your own keys to build a release version)
Is there a guide to doing this safely? As in, protected from malware.
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#155I don't use any google services other than youtube at all, but this is hard to justify, even for google.
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You don't need them, you might even enjoy life more without them. So I should probably lower the quality of my life to make a statement that will have no impact on them at all? >You can't change how they operate. Sure you can, by petitioning your government to draft laws and so on.
If your quality of life depends on big tech then I suspect your life is of low quality in the first place.
Different people fall into different lives for all sorts of reasons, not all intentional. Consider having a bit more compassion for others.
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"'It ate his head. Another loser.'
She said to the two of them, 'It's easy to win. Anybody can win.'"
-- A Scanner Darkly
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#157Hold on. Nobody has explained why TF I'm supposed to care. Is Element important or something? Does this affect real people?
Matrix is like a free, open source self hosted version of discord.
You can use a popular homeserver, do it it yourself and host it at home.
The element app is a client, just like chromium is a web browser.
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#158Again the giants overplay. But when does the hammer come down upon them that they like to so wield?
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
I will bite: Firefox, the one that cares about privacy and open standards, even if it has a lot of income coming from a search bar deal with Google.
...and doesn't care about deplatforming. "We need more than deplatforming" https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...
Don't pretend like you're patronizing them. You're using a free browser. There's nothing they've done or can do to affect your experience within the browser, and it still remains an open browser. There's no moral hangups here beyond the ones you imagine for yourself.
Re: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
#160I 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.