Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoProbably because they want to target software that cracks theirs to avoid ads, like ReVanced.
Then why aren’t they already doing that by blocking DuckDuckGo?
The DuckDuckGo app blocks all apps from sending to Google (and other advertisers) tracking/ad data on a system level. And it’s freely available on the Play Store (has been for years.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduc…
If they wanted to prevent apps from blocking their ad abilities, this app would never have been allowed on the Play Store.
Antitrust lawsuits and plausible deniability
Does it actually block ads in apps?
Blokada blocks ads in apps and it was removed from the google store years ago. You have to sideload it in order to use it.
There’s a neutered version of the google store, but it doesn’t block ads effectively.
If they blocked it now, people would just sideload it.
Thank you random lemming, didn’t know about duckduckgo-s tracker blocking capabilities, have it installed now.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Ding ding ding ding ding. It’s so obvious, it’s because Google wants to be in control and block apps it would rather not exist. Newpipe, FreeTube, Revanced and the like.