DaddleDew comments on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

That will still significantly hinder the development of independent apps if only a small niche proportion of people can install them.

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[–] Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

Embrace, extend, extinguish

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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

Yyyyes?

I mean, as opposed to what? Mainstream Linux phones? The guy is saying that if this goes through he may try dumbphones or Linux phones, I'm saying that degoogled Android may also be able to bypass the problem. How is what I'm saying in conflict with what you responded?

Sorry, I know I'm grumpy, but on this subject it's been super frustrating the degree to which people just respond to isolated stimuli like a dog seeing a ball go by. Like, zero ability or attempt to grasp context or meaning, just see a word, type the thing they wanted to say regardless of whether it fits. It gets grating after a while.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

You say that people who use degoogled phones will be unaffected by this measure and downplayed the impact those measures will have on them. My point is that they will be hurt by it regardless.

If Google makes side loading of apps impossible unless you have a degoogled phone, projects that need side loading to function like F-Droid and other open source apps that do things Google doesn't like will see their already small user base collapse to only the niche audience that has a degoogled phone. I don't expect those projects and apps to maintain the level of support they currently have if it is for such a reduced audience.

As a bare minimum it is a blatant attempt by Google to gain even more control over the entire Android ecosystem and I would absolutely not say that we should wait and see where this is going like you did.

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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I said it because it's... true? Well, in that this is what they announced anyway. Also, relevant to the post I was responding to.

So how is it downplaying anything? It's not downplaying it, it's not exaggerating it, it just... is.

Nobody is arguing with you on this being bad, friend. You just want to be mad at a shill and because you couldn't find one you're doing your bit at the first person that said anything other than "Google sucks" even if it was on an unrelated subject.

Don't do that. That's a bad thing to do.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

All I did is expand on the other negative side effects of this measure that weren't mentioned so people know that the consequences might much worse than what you lead on. This is by no means an accusation, more like a much needed precision as whether you like it your not your statement was downplaying the consequences Google's actions even if you weren't aware of it at the time.

You immediately took that as a personal attack and accusation of being a shill. Go read back my original comment and see I did nothing of the sort and simply provides additional info. I'm getting pretty tired of those poorly disguised and uncalled for insults you've been throwing my way ever since too.

Go sleep over it and read this all again with a rested head.

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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeeeah, maybe take your own advice there.

For the record, we're still not disagreeing, technically. In that "All I did is expand on the other negative side effects of this measure that weren't mentioned" is 100% "I couldn't find a shill to argue with, so I had the argument all by my lonesome whether it made sense or not".

It's still bad.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago*

Again, I never called you a shill. You just made it all up yourself. You just said it yourself you're not even disagreeing with my precision. And yet you still cling to the delusion that this precision was an attack somehow and used it as justification to insult me multiple times.

Just because I didn't return those insults doesn't mean I'm going to keep taking them. There is no point repeating myself any further. You're blocked now. You seem more interested in attacking and insulting an imaginary version of myself so you won't miss me anyway.

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