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The Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Users (gizmodo.com)
submitted 6 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Not to editorialize, but I think this is kind of a crazy article. Sharing for the laughs and the discussuon.

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[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (5 children)

What was Google protecting us from?

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 53 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Adblockers apparently

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago

Certainly not from malware. The play store is the central repository of Android malware.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

Privacy and choice.

[–] adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

No one wants another apple model.

Indeed... If I wanted a locked down toy I would have bought an iThing.

[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

From what they're going to do to you if they're not protecting you.