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Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

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Post by cryptoegorophy »

rkagerer wrote: post #115

I've grown increasingly hateful towards both my Android and iOS devices over the last decade. The platforms themselves are increasingly user-hostile, and their appstores are crammed full of shitty, privacy-invading, telemetry-hoovering, dopamine-triggering, ad-filled, lipstick-covered apps that are often garbage compared to the pioneering days of mobile. I miss the days of my old Palm Pilot. Is anyone working on fixi…

You can enjoy “good old days” from what you remember of iOS and android. I also say enjoy the LLM good new days while they last.

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Post by steve_taylor »

rkagerer wrote: post #115

I've grown increasingly hateful towards both my Android and iOS devices over the last decade. The platforms themselves are increasingly user-hostile, and their appstores are crammed full of shitty, privacy-invading, telemetry-hoovering, dopamine-triggering, ad-filled, lipstick-covered apps that are often garbage compared to the pioneering days of mobile. I miss the days of my old Palm Pilot. Is anyone working on fixi…

I'm right there with you. These platforms are cancer. There's a small but growing movement away from smart phones. It'll probably never go mainstream, though.

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Post by rafark »

wvenable wrote: post #174

I predict Windows will end up going this route before Google backtracks on it. This is the future; partially fuelled by malware, partially fuelled by the desire for platform control, and partially fuelled by government regulation.

> This is the future; partially fuelled by malware, partially fuelled by the desire for platform control, and partially fuelled by government regulation. I would say it’s really 50% platform control, 50% government regulation.

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Post by WorldPeas »

nout wrote: post #206

You know how folks in the UK are cutting the surveillance cameras, what is the equivalent here?

making an ADB-based debloater and browser shims to use stuff like bank apps, then sharing that with others. Then again, like cutting wires, it doesn't address the root cause.

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Post by tannhaeuser »

kykat wrote: post #25

I cannot resist the urge to point out that we wouldn't have had this problem if people actually sticked to free software instead of "commercial use friendly" open source licensing

Except Android is based on Linux.

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Post by Pxtl »

gethly wrote: post #96

> Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their apps on Android devices, not just those who distribute via the Play Store This is absolutely unacceptable. That's like you having to submit your personal details to Microsoft in order to just run a program on Windows. Absolutely nuts and it will not go as they think it will.

Uh, you kind of already do if you don't want to get the scary "unknown publisher" thing, which hides the "yes, I really want to install it" inside the "more info" box. Not even the decency of an "advanced" button.

Installer software signing certificates that will satisfy MS are prohibitively expensive for hobbyists (hundreds per year).

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