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Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification

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400 points ingve | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 05:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
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sschueller ◴[27 Aug 25 06:01 UTC] No.45035917[source]▶
The requirement of verification to side-load any app is fascist control. It is clear as night and day.

Shame on Google and Apple, it was always clear this was the end goal and next up is also your PC.

Right after will come the removal off apps they don't like and there is nothing you can do about it.

Stallman was right

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1. pjmlp ◴[27 Aug 25 07:19 UTC] No.45036441[source]▶
PC only turned out open, because IBM never saw it coming, and when they tried to get control back it was too late.
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2. pjerem ◴[27 Aug 25 07:46 UTC] No.45036636[source]▶
Yep. PC openness is totaly a bug and not a feature of the capitalism. We should cherish this situation and fight for it because it really feels like the other long term alternative is techno-fascism.