Google Bans Disconnect.me from Play Store

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Post by cooperq » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 12:00 AM UTC

Google Bans Disconnect.me from Play Store
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Re: Google Bans Disconnect.me from Play Store

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Post by duncan_bayne » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 4:34 AM UTC

It's a walled garden. Why do people keep developing for walled gardens then acting hurt when they're summarily evicted?

Re: Google Bans Disconnect.me from Play Store

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Post by dserodio » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 2:12 PM UTC

That's seriously messed up. There are tons of adblockers on the Play Store, why has Disconnect Mobile been singled out?

BTW, I'm currently using Freedome which from what I understand is very similar to Disconnect Mobile

Re: Google Bans Disconnect.me from Play Store

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Post by dserodio » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 2:13 PM UTC

duncan_bayne wrote: post #2

It's a walled garden. Why do people keep developing for walled gardens then acting hurt when they're summarily evicted?

Because developing for the alternatives (Firefox OS and Ubuntu Touch) don't allow people to make a living.

Re: Google Bans Disconnect.me from Play Store

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Post by mgreg » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 3:33 PM UTC

Credit to Google for creating such a powerful ecosystem and wresting increasing control of it. Amazing how the "open source" Android operating system has so many controls attached to it by Google.

So we're now at a point where they have control over the code that lands on ~80% of smartphones, they control the app ecosystem that most rely on for it, they control most of the data including default search etc. that comes from the use of it and the control only grows more powerful every day. As Android gets bigger, devs cannot ignore it and thus are forced to play in their garden.

More disturbing, perhaps to some, is that Google's business is built on advertising which is fueled by your personal data. Unlike Apple, Blackberry, Microsoft, etc. they don't make money off the product (your phone), they make money off of you (the user). They are playing a completely different game than the other device manufacturers and the implications of them winning are pretty serious.

Re: Google Bans Disconnect.me from Play Store

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Post by duncan_bayne » Sun, Aug 31, 2014, 11:18 PM UTC

dserodio wrote: post #4

duncan_bayne wrote: post #2

It's a walled garden. Why do people keep developing for walled gardens then acting hurt when they're summarily evicted?

Because developing for the alternatives (Firefox OS and Ubuntu Touch) don't allow people to make a living.

I'm not saying that people shouldn't develop for walled gardens if the cost-benefit works out for them personally.

I just wish they'd stop whining about the cost though.