Not really crazy. Make a threat or incite violence on any platform or any medium in just about any country and you can expect consequences.
Ulrich
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This isn't centralization, it's duplication.
It's not gone, it's just currently not available in your country or region.
He who saves his Country does not violate any Law
- Donald Trump
- Napoleon
Websites don't support push notifications in a way that normies understand. They're also generally unreliable. And these are time-sensitive matters.
I am the biggest Apple hater and they are absolutely not immune from criticism, but they are generally a more private company. The CCP has their hands deep in every corporation on the planet so none of them are immune from that influence. Apple pushed back when the government demanded they dismantle encryption (Google doesn't even offer this) for CSAM. They were also the first to disclose the government push notification collection information.
Not in the US, which is really the only place this app is applicable at the moment.
In the US it's a very small majority.
They're using the cops' favorite and extremely generic catch-all crime: "obstruction of justice".
I'm not sure if this guy is just dumb or it's a honeypot.
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As mentioned elsewhere, they don't use device ID
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Android is the only platform that supports alternative push methods
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Apple knows everyone who downloads this app, which is subject to subpoena
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The gov has been collecting push notification data from both Apple and Google for a long time. It would be as simple as knowing when notifications went out and then comparing timestamps to figure out who is using the app.
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The app is closed-source
It would take significantly more mental energy on the part of the user but it would be far safer (which is extremely important in this specific case, as the dev agrees) to distribute through F-Droid and then use some other UnifiedPush implementation, as many Android apps already do. Anyone using this app is painting a huge target on their backs for the current authoritarian state.
DON'T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE. YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD!
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These games are all great examples of everything I hate about mobile gaming: full of incessant ads for microtransactions. Literally every mobile game I've ever played (outside of FDroid) is this way.
Plus you need a controller anyway, at which point you might as well just carry a handheld ging system.
You could buy whatever your favorite Anbernic device for $50 and have access to a library of thousands of fun ad-free games.