Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• generator@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Right, only install “verified” from Google Play, but that is where malware is, other 3rd party app stores like F-Droid, that really verify apps are at risk of getting killed by Google

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  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is very obviously step one in a plan to kill apps like alternative YouTube clients that block ads, just like the Manifest V3 rollout was intended to kill ad blockers in Chrome. Once they have everyone using this verification system, then they can just arbitrarily deverify anything that contravenes whatever new acceptable usage policy they just made up.

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    • generator@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The opensource apps like Newpipe, SmartTube, termux and many others are the “malware”, not the ones with binary blobs on PlayStore that fork VLC, Newpipe and many opensource apps illegally, creating fake clones with ads and (real) malware.

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• ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Google can’t keep malware off the platform now, but sure, make it mandatory you can’t go anywhere else unless they say so first.

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