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Google deve cambiare il suo ecosistema di app su Android'nHa poco più di due settimane per conformarsi ad una sentenza confermata in appello il 12 settembre, che obbliga a una serie di cambiamenti radicali.

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    I use #Google Messages for #texting. It's not bad but its only solid features are the #spam blocking and the fact I can use it in a web browser. Oh, and #RCS (as questionable as that may be).I'd really like to move away from it because, well....Google, but I haven't found a suitable replacement - either on Google Play or F-Droid.Most #SMS apps are rather bare bones when it comes to features. I am looking for something better.I am on my second try for Messages on F-Droid but it once again never finishes syncing messages. I deleted over 60 large old conversations and still it gets to about 2/3 done before restarting. I let it run overnight and it never finished.https://f-droid.org/packages/org.prauga.messagesAny recommendations?
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    Everything has gone to...In January 2023, @pluralistic used the term "enshittification" on his blog, pluralistic.net, to describe the deterioration process of the TikTok network.Enshittification consists of four stages:1. Platforms are good for users2. Platforms abuse users to be good for business customers3. Platforms abuse business customers to keep all the profit4. Platforms die🧵 #thread #socialmedia #platforms #fediverse #activitypub #google #amazon #microsoft #enshittification
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    I wonder how the current Epic Games v. Google court case factors in the new sideloading policies Google is signaling intent to enforce.Requiring all Android developers to go through them, including paying a fee, sure sounds like something that fails to comply with this:> the app-store-distribution remedy forbids Google from banning "third-party Android app distribution platforms or stores through the Google Play Store,” so that the same platforms can access Android smartphone users who are currently accustomed to downloading all their apps through the Play Store.I suppose you could argue e.g. F-Droid is not itself available in the Play Store, but the news around sideloading sure seem like Google creating another way to circumvent the court decision's intention to, as it continues, "allow other app stores to compete in this two-sided market by letting them offer the apps and reach the users on the Play Store platform".With the latest news[1], Google's next move should be appealing to the Supreme Court, and given its latest decisions I am not optimistic about that.[1]: https://courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-upholds-fortnite-makers-antitrust-win-over-google/#Android #FDroid #Google
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    Given the current development when it comes to trustworthiness of governments as well as (especially) big companies - how do you all handle the topic technology & privacy?Given you are using a banking app and/or other apps that won't work on a modified phone - which potential "evil” did you choose and why? (iOS, Android, something completely different)#apple #google #privacy #phoneReposts are welcome - thanks!