‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case

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• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  !degoogle@lemmy.ml

  I can’t root my Android phone right now to install something like LineageOS, but yesterday, I sat down, installed ADB, and got rid of a mountain of unnecessary crap that comes packaged with Android and which is installed as a “system package” so you’re not allowed to uninstall it (e.g. Gmail).

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  • kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unlocking bootloader/flashing isn’t so easy for most people. I root every device I get, but for normal users this process isn’t easy. Also some manufacturers aren’t so friendly towards people unlocking bootloaders. I remember Sony lowering camera quality when you unlocked/installed Cyanogenmod back in Z2 times, or more recently Asus preventing you from unlocking completely.

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    • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Eupean banking apps refuse to launch on unlocked phones. And you need said banking apps as mandatory 2fa to log into your online banking system.

      So in EU you gotta choose between banking and rooting.

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    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, the bootloader really seems like a challenge. ADB fortunately is extremely easy, especially if you use a tool like App Manager from F-Droid to correspond package names to specific applications.

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    • technohacker@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Add HMD Nokia to the blocking unlocks completely camp

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• Kerred@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If I am looking it up correctly, judge Amit Mehta was appointed by Obama (who had ties with Google), and still ruled google a Monopoly.

  I just like stuff like this as it shows a judge can put bias aside in a ruling, supposedly.

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  • vithigar@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not really. It could be simply that in an effort to not appear biased he over corrected and ruled more harshly against Google.

    Now I’m not saying that this what happened here, but it’s just another facet of want it’s important to avoid bias entirely, not simply trust that someone can rise above them.

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    • Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Except that bias is an inevitable consequence of human psychology. The trick is to minimize it.

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    • Kerred@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Agreed

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• Nobody@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lina Khan should be the next attorney general.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah, I think she’s doing good work where she’s at.

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