@AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoThe Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Usersgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down142file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkThe Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Usersgizmodo.com@AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
Not to editorialize, but I think this is kind of a crazy article. Sharing for the laughs and the discussuon.
minus-square@adhdplantdevlinkEnglish69•5 months agoThis just feels like fear mongering. Oh no Google says it can’t protect us anymore. Whatever shall we do?
minus-square@harry_balzac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish29•5 months agoWhat was Google protecting us from?
minus-square@BearOfaTimelinkEnglish28•5 months agoCertainly not from malware. The play store is the central repository of Android malware.
minus-square@adhdplantdevlinkEnglish2•5 months agoIn theory malicious android apps. In practice they create locked ecosystems that are hard for anyone to break in. No one wants another apple model.
minus-squareEngywucklinkEnglish2•5 months ago No one wants another apple model. Indeed… If I wanted a locked down toy I would have bought an iThing.
minus-square@bigkahuna1986@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoFrom what they’re going to do to you if they’re not protecting you.
This just feels like fear mongering. Oh no Google says it can’t protect us anymore. Whatever shall we do?
What was Google protecting us from?
Adblockers apparently
Certainly not from malware. The play store is the central repository of Android malware.
Privacy and choice.
In theory malicious android apps. In practice they create locked ecosystems that are hard for anyone to break in. No one wants another apple model.
Indeed… If I wanted a locked down toy I would have bought an iThing.
From what they’re going to do to you if they’re not protecting you.