Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users

QuestionMark@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  they want to improve thier AI and datamining capabilities.

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  • nomadjoanne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What am I not seeing? How does this improve datamining capabilities?

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    • Vespair@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Target can track your purchases when you shop at Target, but can’t really do that when you’re shopping at a local store. Same applies here.

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      • llama@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        But you can’t shop at Target with some random app, only the Target app. Even a small business has an accessible pathway to publish their app. Besides Fortnite and my gimbal nobody out here trying to educate customers on how to install their apk file.

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• Eggyhead@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They never specified who’s security…

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Whose*

    Who’s = who + is

    Whose = an indication of possession

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    • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I will always remember this grammar rule thanks to the show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” because I would see that title every morning before school.

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    • Eggyhead@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The question is still valid, even if the meaning changes.

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  • espentan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Their revenue probably felt very threatened.

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