Comment on Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid

• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Assuming google’s fuckery doesn’t affect them, nothing.

  But we’re relying on google to keep up that code and not see them as a threat. Right now AOK, but in the future that makes longevity questionable.

  It’s something to be noticed and understood so there’s no surprises when the company that did no evil now does all the evil.

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    they can take down the code today and not much will happen, as the code is mirrored elsewhere.

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Obv, they can’t take what we have, which is why for now we’re OK. The winds are shifting, though. I expect at some point, I expect android will require a deal with the devil from manufacturers. Start actively combatting linux phones.

      For now, it’s a quick path to privacy, long term, we’re going to need friendly hardware

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