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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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cyberax ◴[27 Aug 25 07:10 UTC] No.45036375[source]▶
You can buy a completely open RISC-V chip and debug to your heart's content. x86 is also completely open, with only special outliers like XBox/PS5 even half-heartedly trying to disable third-party access.

So the "Right to read" is still bonkers.

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1. fsflover ◴[27 Aug 25 09:40 UTC] No.45037337[source]▶
"You [technically] can" is not good enough to declare the victory here. The downsides are so heavy that nobody can actually do it.