Vulnerable to Fascism?

I think they're less "vulnerable" and more "fragile"

Oh? Are we giving them privacy?

Federated solutions which can't be stopped, self hosted, and available via Fdroid.

Only real answer.

Oh no, vulnerable 🥺 they need DEI? They need to be a protected class? 🥺

Surveillance is suddenly wrong when it's the peasants surveiling wannabe samurai? 🥺

The irony is so rich.

To anyone that had doubts about governments putting restrictions on app stores, here is your proof. The level of power the current situation grants this duopoly is excessive and dangerous.

Calling masked, armed, armored thugs and terrorists with a disregard for the law a "vulnerable group" is a bit thick, isn't it?

aaand that's why we need to be able to install apps without their vetting.

The agents who implement state violence are not a group. They're agents of the state.

And now Google is directly collaborating with an oppressive autocratic regime.

Was ever any doubt who corporate America would side with?

Someone recommended Kagi in another thread yesterday and that night I finally became 100% google free. Search was the last big hurdle. I was literally the biggest google fanboy. I had google home devices, google wifi, I wanted all their devices, had all their services, everything was set up and integrated. De-googling was fucking hard but I did it and I'm super proud and I've learned so much about how tech works setting up my replacement services and devices. Fuck you Google.

Google says a group of masked fascists kidnapping children from their beds is a "vulnerable group".

For the rest of my life I will never forget that Apple and Google went out of their way to defend and protect the Nazi SS of our time.

Absolutely fucking evil and unforgivable.

I wonder why this happened.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/05/business/googles-sundar-pichai-thanks-trump-after-antitrust-resolution-in-online-search-case-glad-its-over/

If you ever want to know why capitalism turns into fascism, look into how many companies willingly and knowingly did business with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

IBM made computers to help the Holocaust, because the Nazis could pay for the service of the machines to be built.

Google is just a modern IBM.

This is exactly why sideloading is very very important.

For reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

Ah yes... the guys with masks, guns, the backing of the president, and virtually unlimited federal government resources are a "vulnerable group"

Fascists.

Do not let Google escape this, ever. Cancel all payments to them. YouTube Premium, YouTube subscriptions, etc.

So this could get much more serious if they start clamping down on the comm tools we take for granted. Between this and the incoming sideloading block - all of a sudden the most paranoid fears of Stallman's don't seem nearly as far fetched.

Heil Agent Orange 🍊🧡

They're totally vulnerable! Just aim for the head!

"Why dont you stupid Americans organize or something?"

They won't let us. We're trying.

Isn't ICE one of the biggest budget of the US now? How is that vulnerable?

Do we know yet that what ICE is doing even legal? (kidnapping, detaining, etc) I haven't followed closely enough to be sure of that. Does the actual police just sit by and watch?

~~Don’t~~ be evil.

Imagine having to warp reality THIS much, just to make it fit your twisted narrative?

Nope. Our tax dollars pay for their existence. They're not a vulnerable group, they're our employees.

“Vulnerable” go fuck yourself with a white-hot steel dildo.

The 1 million dollar question: Would I be able to side load it with the new Google developer registration rules?

Any web based alternatives? App stores aren’t needed here and it’s a lot harder to stop a website.