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Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration (hackaday.com)
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[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 115 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I hope google fails as a whole in the near future and gets dissolved once and for all. Sick and tired of tech companies trying to be sources of authority, working with authoritarian governments, and dictating what you can and can't do.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’ll be honest, tech got us by the balls… and they know it.

[–] medem@lemmy.wtf 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No they don't. There are viable, open source alternatives for 99% of the software/services we use. The fact that people are not aware of it is already like half of the real problem.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Say that to my banking and credit card apps (some of which don't even have a web version for seCuRitY reasons)

[–] medem@lemmy.wtf 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd say 'change banks'.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

For a multitude of reasons, that is a silly suggestion.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The open source alternative to those is currently doing quite well.

[–] VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

What is it ?

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 2 points 11 months ago

Y’all can come in here with a suggestion, too. I’m just saying we are all ears.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

What the heck is the open source equivalent of being able to manage the direct debits of one of my specific current credit cards?

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 11 months ago

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I’m saying it doesn’t seem like it will matter.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't imagine that paradigm going away at all anytime soon or ever

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

I have hope. Last time they got hit with an anti monopoly lawsuit that should've forced them to sell away chrome, but unfortunately they got bailed out. Here's hoping next time they aren't so lucky