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f-droid has my condolences (media.piefed.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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Pay the $25 ransom little devs or else!

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[-] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 month ago

Because you're not the end user, you're the product.

[-] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 11 points 1 month ago

yes that is the cynical take, and I mostly agree, but installed apks list their install source, so if that information is there, then its simple to give the user the ability to mark said source as trusted. But to do this under the guise of security, when there is more malware on play than fdroid is such a head scratcher

[-] illi@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

Yoy described the current solution I believe.

The more hoops they put in place to jump through, the less people would consider going outside Google Play. And the more control Google has on the ecosystem.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

yes that is the cynical take, and I mostly agree, but installed apks list their install source, so if that information is there, then its simple to give the user the ability to mark said source as trusted.

For now.