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Palestinian social app Upscrolled removed from Google Play Store (en.royanews.tv)
submitted 4 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Google Play has delisted UpScrolled, the "censorship-resistant" social media app founded by Issam Hijazi, following its rapid growth to over 2.5 million users and its brief stint as a top-ranked alternative to TikTok.

While the app remains available for existing users, Google has not provided a specific reason for the removal; UpScrolled's team confirmed they are working with the Play Store for reinstatement while maintaining their commitment to unfiltered content.

This development follows the app's rapid ascent in popularity, particularly amid concerns over content moderation on competing platforms like TikTok.

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[โ€“] scala@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Don't use brave it's still chromium/ pays Google

[โ€“] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use Firefox bro ๐ŸฆŠ

[โ€“] scala@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Waterfox ftw.

Honestly Firefox is fine for now until they add their AI shit

[โ€“] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They added AI kill-switch (will come in v148)

[โ€“] scala@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Right. I saw that. That's good to bad it's opt-out rather than opt in. Applaud Firefox for that though, rather than everyone else shoving it down your throat the second you sign in.

[โ€“] nforminvasion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

And yet it has some of the best fingerprint randomization techniques. Down to some insane details. And before you say, just use the Tor browser for that... I do. But that is a different type of resistance, uniformity. Which is great for some use cases, but randomization also works even better in other situations... Eg, personalized browsers with a few extra extensions and customizations.