Comment by qwertox
3 months ago
Microsoft doing this with Windows, Google doing that with sideloading...
It's a horrible situation. Specially what Google is doing, as there is no real alternative, like Linux is for the desktop.
We grew up with computers where you could install anything, code programs to run them for yourself on your machine. This was also valid for smartphones to some degree, and it's terrible to see that you're now in a position that you can't "just code an app" for your phone, everything has to be vetted by the big ones.
Once Recall spreads across Windows installs, let's say this takes 5 years, then all of the devices are no longer your devices, but just surveillance machines for those companies and their governments, granting you permission to use certain apps.
Maybe the biggest problem are companies like Qualcomm because it feels like they only grant companies like Google the permission to use their tech, and not us, even if we own the boards they sell.
We united coders have the power to change that. We have done it in the past. We are going to do it again.