AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoThe Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Usersgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down141file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkThe Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Usersgizmodo.comAnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
Not to editorialize, but I think this is kind of a crazy article. Sharing for the laughs and the discussuon.
minus-squareharry_balzac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·2 years agoWhat was Google protecting us from?
minus-squarepycorax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoAdblockers apparently
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·2 years agoCertainly not from malware. The play store is the central repository of Android malware.
minus-squareadhdplantdev@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIn theory malicious android apps. In practice they create locked ecosystems that are hard for anyone to break in. No one wants another apple model.
minus-squareEngywook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years ago No one wants another apple model. Indeed… If I wanted a locked down toy I would have bought an iThing.
minus-squarebigkahuna1986@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFrom what they’re going to do to you if they’re not protecting you.
What was Google protecting us from?
Adblockers apparently
Certainly not from malware. The play store is the central repository of Android malware.
Privacy and choice.
In theory malicious android apps. In practice they create locked ecosystems that are hard for anyone to break in. No one wants another apple model.
Indeed… If I wanted a locked down toy I would have bought an iThing.
From what they’re going to do to you if they’re not protecting you.