AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前The Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Usersgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkThe Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Usersgizmodo.comAnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square38linkfedilinkfile-text
Not to editorialize, but I think this is kind of a crazy article. Sharing for the laughs and the discussuon.
minus-squareharry_balzac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 年前What was Google protecting us from?
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 年前Certainly not from malware. The play store is the central repository of Android malware.
minus-squareadhdplantdev@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前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.
minus-squareEngywook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 年前 No one wants another apple model. Indeed… If I wanted a locked down toy I would have bought an iThing.
minus-squarebigkahuna1986@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前From what they’re going to do to you if they’re not protecting you.
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.