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   Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:01:00 JST Anime Wong
   There is no reason to not buy an Iphone now, unless companies that make their own versions of Android just remove this stuff.
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     Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:00:58 JST Anime Wong

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     • lampshader
     I thought they did, but nope: https://developer.android.com/developer-verification
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:00:58 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     This is Google giving the finger to the court re antitrust. They're going to find every legal means to cut out their competitors under the argument that they didn't properly sign up for verification or couldn't be verified. It's another layer of gamesmanship and lawfare.
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     lampshader (wizardmanperson@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:00:59 JST lampshader

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     @Elliptica haven't they dropped that plan (for now)?
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:03:04 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • lampshader
     They'll also claim that allowing sideloading via adb means that non-approved developers aren't actually prohibited from developing for Android and competing.
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     ins0mniak ~Hate Account~ (ins0mniak@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:07:33 JST ins0mniak ~Hate Account~

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     • lampshader
     @Humpleupagus @Elliptica @wizardmanperson google can sideload muh dick.
     
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     Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:07:51 JST Anime Wong

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     • lampshader
     What is side loading.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:07:51 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • lampshader
     My understanding is that apps can still be installed via adb over USB or wifi (from your pc) even where Google has prohibited the app from being listed in the store.
     
     So apps like newpipe and much of f-droid's repo will have to be installed that way after September.
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     Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:08:37 JST Anime Wong

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     • lampshader
     That makes sense, but the rollout seems to match all of the countries that are forcing companies to spy in their users to prevent them from realizing shocking truths over tiktaktoe, like blacks commit more crime.
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     white_male (white_male@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:08:41 JST white_male

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     • lampshader
     It's a smelly word for putting your own programs on your own hardware.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:10:08 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • lampshader
     There's been a lot of irony there, and you're not far off. I think the EU also made Googled android devices the primary means for their new age verification application despite the EUs history of fighting Google over anticompetitive activity.
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     Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:10:14 JST Anime Wong

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     • lampshader
     That sounds like such a pain in the butt that 99% of people won't do it, which is probably what Google wants.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:13:24 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • lampshader
     Bingo. But it buys them another 10 years in court over whatever legal battles come.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:13:52 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • ins0mniak ~Hate Account~
     Mine is only a few bytes. 😒
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     Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:25:00 JST Anime Wong

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     • lampshader
     This is why I hate open source projects. You get these big personalities that can't come to an agreement, they split or fork the project, and the end result instead of one program that works, you get 500 that all do the same thing and that barely works.
     
     I really like LibreOffice, so I hope they don't get rid of it because of stupid infighting.
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     white_male (white_male@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:25:01 JST white_male

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     In OpenSource, as it goes, piss enough people of and you get forked. Apparently LibreOffice is undergoing a break up atm.
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     white_male (white_male@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:34:52 JST white_male

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     • lampshader
     It's not about personalities, what shits the bed most often is when the Karens come with PR, HR and big ghey.
     Second biggest reason is big tech triple E strategy, embrace, extend, extinguish.
     
     As far as LibreOffice goes, the foundation sits on piles of money, but for some reason managers have problem managing it according to community wishes.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 23:34:52 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • lampshader
     This is one reason I try to stick as close to cli with almost everything I do. Cli based apps tend to have leaner code, less contributors, less infighting, and usually aren't a target of big tech.
     
     For example, I use typst instead of libreoffice. Even if the project tanks, the code is lean enough and already does most of what I need, that it could last a very long time without any real updates or added features.