What I meant though was you aren’t necessarily stuck using Google’s webview, though they make it non-trivial to jailbreak from theirs.
Comment on Google could kill YouTube Vanced for good
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 1 year agoApps 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.
db2@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
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.
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
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.
db2@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Very famous take and bake pizza place, literally not fast food.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Replace fast food with “corporate restaurant chain app” then
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.