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[–] vala@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago
[–] dzajew@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

well, it sucks

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Eh, if you are still on a Gservices Version of Android you are lost anyway

So I just urge y'all to step back and watch at this clownshow.

[–] p_kanarinac@retrolemmy.com 141 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] elvith@feddit.org 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depends. Are you from the EU or not?

[–] p_kanarinac@retrolemmy.com 92 points 1 week ago

I am, that's why it sounds illegal. :D

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 90 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Purism is sketchy btw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKegmu0V75s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IjUryQOlgk

(Louis Rossman videos explaining how a customer was denied a refund for a "pre-order" and then they tried to coerce Louis to take down the video.)

Edit: typo

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 64 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yikes this really doesn't look good. Is there any reporting on it from independent journalists (or anyone else who isn't also advertising their own competing operating system)?

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not that I've seen and I'd take what Purism say with a grain of salt: they've acted like pretty shitty gatekeepers themselves. Nothing they mentioned in the article seems too egregious in truth and they're exaggerating the scale of it: Play Store app DRM exists already, and the restrictions on browser-downloaded apps they mention can be bypassed (albeit by having to go into settings) and don't apply to apps installed through other apps stores (F-Droid, etc).

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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (17 children)

effectively pushing users to install apps only through the Google Play Store

I wonder what this will mean for Aurora and Fdroid etc.

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