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I'm just going to eradicate Google once SteamOS supports mobile devices. Fucking control freak douchebags.
Bruh what? You're gonna be waiting a long time for that. Better to use one of the pre-existing alternatives than wait for an OS that probably won't ever exist, and probably won't support your hardware if it ever does.
Who are these smooth-talking scammers that can guide a regular-ass user to jump through hoops in settings to install a malicious app?
Maybe I should ask them how they do it, because I cannot convince my family to download and use Signal. You know, the legit app from the official app store.
People who can't operate a computer will somehow become gods at following instructions if someone calls "from Microsoft"
Yes exactly this. I try and explain a computer thing to someone and get ignored. That same person talks to some sales rep in the electronics store and comes away "ohh they said I need to buy super expensive antivirus, that'll solve my issue with my screen resolution being too low". 🤦
You mean from 'The Microsoft'
Who are these smooth-talking scammers that can guide a regular-ass user to jump through hoops in settings to install a malicious app?
you would be extremely surprised. I think lemmy users fail to realize that not everyone has an IT job and is a sys admin.
Exactly.. there are a ton of older people falling for scams everyday. It's all over the news. They manipulate people by pretending to be a love interest or a family member.
Combined with the news that they're going to start requiring developer age verification even in the alternate app repositories...
The biometrics part makes no sense, you can disable biometrics. You mean that you have to do a security confirmation however you've set it up.
Is this for all android systems because it is a huge rug pull if so
Pretty sure it's a change to AOSP, the basis for every single Android ROM in existence.
Just think of all the other things that could benefit from a "protective waiting period" to enhance your safety.
Turning off location tracking, using a web browser other than Chrome, using a mail server other than Gmail, visiting duckduckgo.com — if Google really cared about your privacy and security they'd add a 24-hour delay to all these dangerous activities.
Downloading Linux? Mandatory psych evaluation. For your protection.
Okay but, installing an apk is not the kind of thing a scammer does. They'll just install some standard off the shelf remote access software from the play store
This very much feels like they just needed to come up with a new justification for this process and opted for scammers for some reason. Even though they're completely disconnected
This very much feels like they just needed to come up with a new justification for this process
It feels that way because that's exactly what happened.
In addition to the advanced flow we’re building free, limited distribution accounts for students and hobbyists. This allows you to share apps with a small group (up to 20 devices) without needing to provide a government-issued ID or pay a registration fee.
Fuck you sideways, Google.
Can we prevent this on the EU level? It really is just killing independent competition.
There are some places one can contact:
https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartels/contact_en
Email Digital Markets Act team: EC-DMA@ec.europa.eu
Contact DMA team: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en ↗
Contact your Member of the European Parliament directly: https://zeyus.com/contact-mep-representative ↗
Email Antitrust: COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu
https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartels/contact_en
I tried sending a message to one one, i forget which, and they essentially replied that they see nothing wrong with it, so more people need to complain.
https://keepandroidopen.org/ More infromation from here.
Vote for the Pirates
And again, confirming that my current phone will be the last android device I own.
They think this will take some of the heat off of them. Hopefully no one actually thinks this is a reasonable compromise. If I want to help an elderly family member install something on their phone during Thanksgiving dinner or a family reunion, I'm not gonna want to wait a day. Uncle Paul's flying back to Florida tomorrow morning!
They will just redefine what 24h means!
Don't think for a second that these companies are working in good faith, and would change their evil plans due to some pushback from the rabble. They will just find ways to circumvent things. They have everyone by the nads, there are no competitors.
This would not have affected me since I use Lineage OS without Google Play Services, but I am now more seriously than ever looking into using a Linux phone like Postmarket OS.
It would affect a lot of users, then it will indirectly affect you too, as a lot of devs won't be as interested in maintaining their apps for so few users. But I hope it will at least give a bit of a push to developing postmarket os. I personally am sure going to get a second hand phone to install postmarketos too and hope I can contribute at least a little bit. I am prepared to suffer, at least a little bit for the right cause.
