Comment on Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good

db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Apps can easily be redesigned with some kind of webview integration, and some apps already do have random things that bring up webview, and thia would kill them on a rooted device.

  The inherent issue here is they’re arguing this will help prevent fraud, but they’re not looking for fraud. They’re looking for an altered device and assuming fraud.

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  • db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I nuked a food app recently because instead of opening so I could give them money in exchange for food they decided to police my phone for PCAPdroid by way of refusing to run beyond showing a message stating that I can’t have PCAPdroid installed and closing after a 5 second timeout.

    Fuck you, Papa Murphy’s. What’s your app doing that you’re afraid I’ll be able to see? You’re blacklisted for life now.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why would someone download a fast food app in the first place, I’d pay to NOT have that on my phone lawl

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      • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I totally agree but my wife does have the McDonald’s app which gives decent discounts on food. I get to live the best of both worlds by not having to download the app while still benefiting from the discounts.

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      • db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Very famous take and bake pizza place, literally not fast food.

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    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      As a Papa Murphys lover, I can’t for the life of me understand why you’d ever need to install their app. You can order from the website just as easily.

      I’ll give them a pass as I assume they got some bottom of the barrel developer to cheaply create their app and it doesn’t get anywhere near the level of attention that something like YouTube’s app would.

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  • db2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What I meant though was you aren’t necessarily stuck using Google’s webview, though they make it non-trivial to jailbreak from theirs.

    github.com/bromite/…/Installing-SystemWebView

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