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so basically i have to send in my id to google just to sideload a test apk i made in flutter to my own phone to test it out?
Well. They will try anyway.
Oof, time to bite the bullet and switch email providers. Shit like this is why I've spent the last couple years de-googling my life.
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Is that even legal? Monopolistic behaviour.
The US Government hasn't given a shit about harmful monopolistic practices in a long time. They only pretend to care from time to time to force large companies to start donating to politicians.
The moment I don't get to run my own stuff and F-Droid, I'll be switching off smartphones.
Dumbphone with tethering
A mini laptop/cyberdeck
A modern mp3 player
A small, modern point and click camera
hey gramps, where'd you get that gear, 2007?
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I'll use the ugliest command line only smartphone over fully walled garden android
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Hello, I would like 1 Class Action please.
nah, you waived your rights to class action lawsuits on page 178 section 2.4 subsection b) paragraph 5) when you clicked accept on the first time setup screen of your phone.
"~~Don't~~ Be Evil"
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.
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