Not to editorialize, but I think this is kind of a crazy article. Sharing for the laughs and the discussuon.
Just in: Google whines about regulations made to break up its monopoly.
Regulations set in place because they are unable to regulate themselves.
News at 11
Opening a walled community is always good for the end users. Promoting competition is always good for the end users.
There’s always been alternative app stores and sideloading on Android. The only thing this really opens up is a lot more companies could end up with your payment info and I’m definitely not a fan of apks that will now be allowed to force update themselves in the background. That’s a terrible idea. So would having to update apks from dozens of different sources.
This just feels like fear mongering. Oh no Google says it can’t protect us anymore. Whatever shall we do?
“If anything, the toggle made me feel like I was engaging in something truly indulgent, and that appealed to my desire to pretend I’m Angelina Jolie’s character in Hackers”
…opening the settings makes them feel like a hacker?
