• bitwise@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Forcing side-loading through hoop jumping is primarily being used to push people towards the easy-mode method of using Google Play. How much longer before your government ID is required to download apps from the Play Store, too?

    Microsoft was forced to bundle a browser installer in the EU for something that was definitively less onerous than the new barriers proposed.

    Google shouldn’t have the right to decide how I install software on my computer, and the idea that we can just install a different OS wasn’t a convincing enough argument for the EU, so why is it that you’re happy to be told how you can use your property?

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      1 month ago

      Listen. I’m not interested in your kookie conspiracy theories. If I was, I’d be going to infowars. -Doh! That shit got shut down. -Must be the gubberment!

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        1 month ago

        Can’t argue on merit, so you baselessly dismiss it as conspiracy. No one should have to wait 24 hours to install an application because Daddy Google said no.

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          You didn’t have any merit. You’re taking theatrics and conspiracy theory to a tech discussion. Move along conspiracy theorist.

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            I should’ve known you’d have a mature reaction. Maybe when you’re no longer able to share your “thoughts” freely, you’ll finally be forced to be the pleasant person you couldn’t manage to be without Brother’s firm, guiding hand.