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f-droid has my condolences (media.piefed.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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Pay the $25 ransom little devs or else!

Contributor who has been enriching android for 7 years: How do I keep developing for android privately? Google: That's the neat part, you don't.
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[–] 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Because you're not the end user, you're the product.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    yes that is the cynical take, and I mostly agree, but installed apks list their install source, so if that information is there, then its simple to give the user the ability to mark said source as trusted. But to do this under the guise of security, when there is more malware on play than fdroid is such a head scratcher

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    Yoy described the current solution I believe.

    The more hoops they put in place to jump through, the less people would consider going outside Google Play. And the more control Google has on the ecosystem.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    yes that is the cynical take, and I mostly agree, but installed apks list their install source, so if that information is there, then its simple to give the user the ability to mark said source as trusted.

    For now.

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