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[-] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago

And even if the App Store was perfectly safe, keeping users safe via restricting basic functionality instead of increasing tech literacy is a backwards approach

[-] admiralteal@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Google requires a full reformat to 3rd party apk installs on Chromebooks. That's heavy-handed, cumbersome, and idiotic. But it's still
better than Apple.

It should be as easy as sudo apt-add repository, sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get install everywhere.

[-] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

Chromebooks are even worse: "Instead of hampering user's computers for safety, we'll make a 'computer' that just launches our proprietary web apps!"

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