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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  google is making new rules for sideloading apks. but already said you will be able to install unsigned apps using a button in the settings called advanced flow. however people i saw online are taking f droid side that google is lying and wont make this button.

  my question is why they are taking f droid side with no proof

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  • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I won’t speak for anyone else, but Google has a 20 year track record of quietly breaking a fair chunk of promises they’ve made. Especially anything that gets in the way of them making a profit.

    I remember back when their core tenet was “Don’t be evil”.

    After a certain point, continuing to trust them, continuing to do business with them is consenting to be in an abusive relationship.

    Not my jam, sorry.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not the person you responded to, but my Android 11 tablet is not signed into Google (yes, the device I’m commenting from right now on Lemmy).

    I disabled Google Play Services and almost all the built in Google apps. I had to do that because Google Play Services is exactly how Google backdoored the whole OS to install kill switches wherever the hell they want, and they’re already starting to try to do that age check shit on me to even so much as watch The Outer Limits on YT alternatives.

    I’ve had to revert some of my apps to older versions because newer versions are literally telling me that they either no longer work at all, or won’t work in the near future.

    My red flag warning came from an update of the simple FOSS Bubble Level app from F-Droid. Like seriously, Google gonna try to block a simple FOSS Bubble Level app because I’m not logged in?

    Fuck that, I prefer to sideload my apps, so I’ll take the hit of disabling Google Services to keep the full lockdown from happening.

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