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Why is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us?
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this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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And on another note, why is it not backwards compatible with older apps?
I've got games and a bathroom speaker I can't access because I got a new phone. Are we just expecting devs to sit there updating their apps forever to meet new stupid requirements?
Fuck the whole Android ecosystem. It's completely broken from top to bottom.
This is far from an android only problem.
It's more of a software as a service problem combined with a cloud controlled hardware problem.
Fucking Tasker isn't allowed to turn off my Bluetooth anymore because of Android's new bullshit. I hate Android with as much passion as I used to love it. When my current phone bites the dust, I'm migrating to Apple.
lmao yes apple, which all equate with freedom
the direction you want to go is linux, not to an even more fascist company