Technology

"~~Don't~~ Be Evil"

Hello, I would like 1 Class Action please.

Didn't they just lose a major lawsuit over their treatment of sideloaded apps and stores?

Democracy is dead. Welcome to the neo dark ages. Take up arms.

Isn't it against the EU's DSA?

Let Google know what you think: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN3UQeNspQsZCO2ITkdzMxv81rJDEGGjO-UIDDY28Rz_GEVA/viewform

Same outcome as with their search engine, same thing with Chrome, Youtube and many other Google products. They built up their user base with a solid product (or bought it), and then started shitting all over their users by making horrible decisions and inserting all sorts of dark patterns in the name of "security" or whatever else pretense. I'm still hoping another entity steps up and fills the vacuum that Android leaves behind.

I hope MS doesn't start doing this to Windows or else that would kill WINE/Proton, and also severely harm Windows itself given how deeply sideloading exes or msi files is ingrained into that OS.

Mobile desperately needs hardware with first class open source drivers and firmware to get away from Google/Apple/Microsoft controlled software platforms. Phones have been super powerful for a long time beyond what most need. We can take hit in theoretical peak performance to build up a better ecosystem until the market is large enough that the big money has to address the market