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[–] 75 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Typical shitty-Ars reporting.

"Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security..."

No they haven't. There is nothing about this which improves security. This is about CONTROL of your phone and you, and the data they collect from you.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I am, like, 99% sure this is at least partially at the behest of companies, like Spotify, and their own interests, YouTube, to prevent people from being able to load cracked apps for their streaming services.

    Used a cracked Spotify app for free Premium and it worked fine until like a few months ago; updating the app itself became a giant process that also needed to be done almost daily. I ended up switching to a crack of YTMusic, but it's still a PitA to deal with.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    This is the grip that they've got on you
    This is the place that they pull you to
    This is the trap that they set for you
    This is control
    This is control
    Here is the life that they've set for you
    Here is the hole that you'll fit into
    These are the choices they made for you
    This is control
    This is control

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