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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ§¬

Apps can now block #sideloading more easily and force downloads through #GooglePlay
#Google Play Integrity API makes it easy for apps to detect when they weren’t installed from the Google #PlayStore. androidauthority.com/play-inte
argh.....
I am on #Android as I don't want a #WalledGarden
I use Google Play, and #FDroid, and #Obtainium
I don't want #Surveillance of all my apps, I want #Privacy and access to #OpenSource

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David Megginson

@BenjaminHCCarr If they tighten things enough, I'll slip out of their hands completely and just install a Google-free AOSP image.

I do most stuff on my phone in the browser already (including posting this reply), so as long as there's even one FOSS browser, I'll be ok, with a few supplemental apps from F-Droid.

Etua

@BenjaminHCCarr Say goodbye to banking on ungoogled Android I guess.

kaspa

@BenjaminHCCarr They want it like all rainbows and unicorns while they harvest our data.

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