This is essentially an attempt to further embed Google’s existing dominance. What we need is a serious competitor in the Android space, that can involve a webstore, an api, etc that can provide an alternative force catering to both OEM and consumers alike that stands to challenge Google’s dominance to the OHA alliance.
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Corgana@startrek.website 11 months agoGood summary. I used to think that apps were soooo much better than web apps, but I’ve gone to realize that frequently the web UI is made intentionally janky to nudge users onto the apps where ads can’t be blocked.
Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Google will just buy such a competitor like Facebook did with Instagram.
BigT54@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ads can actually be blocked in apps if you use a VPN that has the ability. Though not all apps will function with a VPN enabled
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
While technically correct, not really feasible on mobile devices, especially when they have not been rooted and they are controlled by the telco you get your service from.
BigT54@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wdym not feasible? I’m currently doing it on a non rooted android device using Mullvad VPN. Not sure what the telco has to do with ads but you can remove all of that bloatware using adb anyways.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Speaking generally, but if you lack the knowledge how to root a phone, if you’re just using the phone as it’s given to you by the phone company, they tend to control the things on there to a certain extent, and settings have a way of being switched back to the default values, etc.
Not that it’s literally impossible to do.
Corgana@startrek.website 11 months ago
Or a PiHole! Still not as good as uBlock in a browser but an improvement.