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Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content

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1525 points garyclarke27 | 7 comments | 18 May 20 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.82s | source | bottom
1. sdan ◴[18 May 20 07:49 UTC] No.23219525[source]▶
Original link: https://reclaimthenet.org/google-play-suspends-podcast-addic...

Weird that Apple does this proxying... not going to open up that News app.

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2. matsemann ◴[18 May 20 08:08 UTC] No.23219674[source]▶
Or their tweet [0] which I posted here earlier [1] (but didn't get any traction).

[0]: https://mobile.twitter.com/PodcastAddict/status/126165151294... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23207039

3. mosselman ◴[18 May 20 08:09 UTC] No.23219681[source]▶
This isn't what phishing is. You might not like it, but that doesn't make it phishing.
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4. JadeNB ◴[18 May 20 08:18 UTC] No.23219748[source]▶
Your parent post might have been changed, but it currently says 'proxying', not 'phishing'.
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5. mosselman ◴[18 May 20 08:25 UTC] No.23219799{3}[source]▶
It said 'phishing' yes.

Parent could have posted something along the lines of 'ah yes, phishing is something else', but ah well.

6. wodenokoto ◴[18 May 20 08:39 UTC] No.23219908[source]▶
Dang, can we change the link to https://reclaimthenet.org/google-play-suspends-podcast-addic...?
7. newswasboring ◴[18 May 20 09:27 UTC] No.23220235[source]▶
weirder because the website being proxy-ed is all about privacy protections. I am pretty sure I just submitted data I did not intend to to apple.