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Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification

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400 points ingve | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 05:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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userbinator ◴[27 Aug 25 06:06 UTC] No.45035952[source]▶
This shouldn't just be "questions"; this should be a full-on opposition. Do not give them even an inch, or they'll take a mile.

"debugger vendors in 2047 distributed numbered copies only, and only to officially licensed and bonded programmers." - Richard Stallman, The Right to Read, 1997

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raverbashing ◴[27 Aug 25 06:11 UTC] No.45035983[source]▶
Stallman's fallacy is thinking every system is perfect and unbreakable and that people have a perfect understanding of software and systems (for better or for worse)

People will be running pirated debugger copies if that comes to shove

99.9% of people DNGAF about OSS. They do care about doing what they need on their phone without malware/bloatware/nagware

Also publishing and development are separate activities

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1. superkuh ◴[27 Aug 25 06:12 UTC] No.45035991[source]▶
Your fallacy is thinking that authoritarian governments care about enforcement or successful enforcement of such laws. The goal is to create a status quo in which all citizens break many laws daily and so are already guilty if they ever rock the boat and disturb those in power.

Stallman's "Right to Read" is an accurate reflection of reality in that sense.