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[–] tomiant@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

My suspicion is that the main purpose of Googles decision is to stop F-Droid and Aurora Store from working.

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[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

They don’t care about those.

They want revanced and other ad circumvention tools out.

They ARE an ad company, you know?

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