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Google's 'Don't be evil' died in 2018 and Android is the corpse they keep monetizing (self.google)

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Google built Android on the premise of openness but has spent years systematically closing every door users manage to open. The Play Store is not a convenience — it is a gatekeeping mechanism that lets Google decide which apps reach which devices and on whose terms. Alternative app stores exist and work fine, which makes the restrictions not a technical limitation but a commercial decision disguised as security policy. Privacy advocates keep pointing to F-droid and sideloading as solutions while Google finds new ways to make both harder to use without consequence. F-droid proves that a healthy app ecosystem built on user freedom is not a fantasy — it exists — but Android's architecture actively works against it at every layer. Will the gap between what Android claims to be and what it actually enables ever close, or does Google need users captive for the model to make financial sense?

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