StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1431arrow-down15
arrow-up1426arrow-down1external-linkGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squarezebidiah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down13·17 days agoOh cool, looks like my next phone is going to be an apple huh… Minimal apps, heavily browser reliant, and android can go fuck itself.
minus-square0x0@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·17 days agoOut of the frying pan into the fire…
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-217 days agoYou realize Apple is already the same way, right? You have to jailbreak them to install anything outside of the app store.
minus-squareTORFdot0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoI would say maybe the user is in the EU but apparently apple can still pull sideloaded apps in the EU so what’s the damn point of the DMA, Europe?
minus-squareStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoMy man, I get the sentiment, but as someone who regularly has to do work on an apple for my fiancee, it’s still not worth it.
minus-squarebrax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoIf enough people do it, Google could be more likely to revert the change. The only thing Google loves is money, so take that away.
Oh cool, looks like my next phone is going to be an apple huh…
Minimal apps, heavily browser reliant, and android can go fuck itself.
Out of the frying pan into the fire…
You realize Apple is already the same way, right? You have to jailbreak them to install anything outside of the app store.
I would say maybe the user is in the EU but apparently apple can still pull sideloaded apps in the EU so what’s the damn point of the DMA, Europe?
My man, I get the sentiment, but as someone who regularly has to do work on an apple for my fiancee, it’s still not worth it.
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If enough people do it, Google could be more likely to revert the change. The only thing Google loves is money, so take that away.