@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 11 months agoThe Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Usersgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down141file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkThe Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Usersgizmodo.com@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
Not to editorialize, but I think this is kind of a crazy article. Sharing for the laughs and the discussuon.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish66•11 months agoThis just feels like fear mongering. Oh no Google says it can’t protect us anymore. Whatever shall we do?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish24•11 months agoCertainly not from malware. The play store is the central repository of Android malware.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoIn theory malicious android apps. In practice they create locked ecosystems that are hard for anyone to break in. No one wants another apple model.
minus-squareEngywucklinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months ago No one wants another apple model. Indeed… If I wanted a locked down toy I would have bought an iThing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoFrom what they’re going to do to you if they’re not protecting you.
This just feels like fear mongering. Oh no Google says it can’t protect us anymore. Whatever shall we do?
What was Google protecting us from?
Adblockers apparently
Certainly not from malware. The play store is the central repository of Android malware.
Privacy and choice.
In theory malicious android apps. In practice they create locked ecosystems that are hard for anyone to break in. No one wants another apple model.
Indeed… If I wanted a locked down toy I would have bought an iThing.
From what they’re going to do to you if they’re not protecting you.