▲ 1192 ▼ Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid (www.neowin.net) submitted 1 year ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 262 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -2 points 1 year ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Why do you think they're making this arbitrary change? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What do you think the benefit of closing sourcing their software is if not to stifle competition? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you're making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload. I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition. I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that's of nonzero benefit. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Why do you think they're making this arbitrary change? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What do you think the benefit of closing sourcing their software is if not to stifle competition? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you're making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload. I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition. I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that's of nonzero benefit. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What do you think the benefit of closing sourcing their software is if not to stifle competition? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you're making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload. I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition. I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that's of nonzero benefit. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) What do you think the benefit of closing sourcing their software is if not to stifle competition? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you're making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload. I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition. I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that's of nonzero benefit. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you're making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload. I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition. I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that's of nonzero benefit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago As someone whose job runs several FOSS projects, I think you're making up the fact that it adds meaningful workload. I think that, for all intents and purposes, protecting IP is equivalent to stifling competition. I think giving away code benefits the entire Android ecosystem, which might be the largest data mining operating Google has. I fully believe that's of nonzero benefit. permalink fedilink source parent