Comment by rock_artist
15 days ago
Sadly, our current age of computing is getting locked in devices. Not only most computing today is SoC with closed drivers but it's actively locking the user.
Ironically it all started with Cydia and "hacking" the iPhone until executives understood they can make a cut.
The EU did help to some extent by requesting Apple to enable non-appstore apps. but sadly, instead of doing the right thing of simply having a user switch that allows me to decide if I want to put my device at risk, they went with provisioning that seems to be agreed.
So now, we're getting the same slap from Google/Android which I must say very strangely gets blessing from very specific governments:
> The requirement goes into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. At this point, any app installed on a certified device in these regions must be registered by a verified developer.
wait i live in singapore. this sucks, i loved using fdroid and didnt want to take the risk of rooting + flashing a custom rom. i felt the impact of the 'security' the moment i switched from my oneplus nord ce to 13r, i lost access to most android/data folders even with shizuku this is just so annoying in general for me, i might have to go the custom rom route then
> any app installed on a certified device in these regions must be registered by a verified developer.
I can imagine crooks paying some random junkie / drunk 100 dollars to become a "verified developer"
It was never meant to stop criminals.
Of course.
But pesky adblockers are malware and thus will get barred.
It's about money, of course.
There are so many scams going around many nations they are resorting to whatever they can do to stem the flow of scams.
You can still install via cable or adb but less tricking peoples grandparents to download malware.
Now they need to trick developers to release malware or scam apps which is a little more difficult.
There are thousand scam apps on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store, this will change nothing. It will only punish those that seek privacy.
how did you make your comment in gray?
Just write some offtopic nonsense and it happens automatically ;)
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