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submitted 2 days ago by mas@jlai.lu to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/24787719

Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their apps on Android devices, not just those who distribute via the Play Store.

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[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago

Wish we lived in a world where open source was funded even at a single percentage of what this oligopoly pulls in each year. We'd have a viable alternative to the duopoly by now.

[-] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

The world is ruled by force and not by justice which does not exist, so soon we will most likely live in a dystopia.

[-] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago

Baby steps: I wish it was mandated that any software receiving even a penny in public funding must be open source down to the last byte.

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