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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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qalmakka ◴[27 Aug 25 06:37 UTC] No.45036138[source]▶
This is intolerable. You own the device. You must be able to run whatever you want on it. Locking or limiting your access to the stuff you bought is not only unacceptable, it's basically like saying you don't really own anything. You're basically leasing a device until the OEM decides you can't run anything on it anymore. Would people accept if a car manufacturer prohibited you from driving their cars in certain places?
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p0w3n3d ◴[27 Aug 25 06:38 UTC] No.45036146[source]▶
Meanwhile: VW is already limiting horsepower when the yearly subscription is ceased to be paid

It's already happening. The greediness of vendors, the ignorance of users...

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generic92034 ◴[27 Aug 25 06:56 UTC] No.45036274[source]▶
Do not forget the inaction and/or corruption of lawmakers.
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1. lioeters ◴[27 Aug 25 07:18 UTC] No.45036426{3}[source]▶
Now is a time in history where any corporation worth its ill-gotten billions should take advantage of the government's whole-hearted encouragement to push through anti-competitve and anti-consumer decisions to dominate the market and the public.