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   dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2026 23:00:25 JST dansup

   It's curious how Google hosts a "Get it on Google Play" badge, but only in dark mode and Apple provides self-hostable light and dark mode variants.

   Which is why you almost never see a light mode Apple "Get it on the App Store" badge, because Google only allows the black background badge.

   Why Google?

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     Chee Aun 🤔 (cheeaun@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2026 23:04:39 JST Chee Aun 🤔

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     @dansup …and then look at localized versions… 🙈

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     dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2026 23:05:50 JST dansup

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     • Chee Aun 🤔

     @cheeaun yeah lol, but even still, you would think google would allow a light background, they even provide SVG's but its not allowed.

     I would edit it, if i didn't have to worry about them checking my site and rejecting app updates.

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     Thomas Dorr (thomasdorr@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2026 23:11:18 JST Thomas Dorr

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     @dansup
     I mean like, in terms of Google hosting it... They just want to track all the things. ::deep sigh::

     What outside going non cave troll wants light mode? Are some nerds trying to cosplay elves?

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     dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2026 23:13:12 JST dansup

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     • Thomas Dorr

     @thomasdorr lmao, right? I do like light mode on desktop, but on mobile I'm all dark mode.

     I did use self hosted variants of both for Loops, I don't want Google tracking our communities.

     https://codeberg.org/loops/loops-server/commit/edfc7123e07e9c5deab0ebd4dd671ce543633fb1

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     Thomas Dorr (thomasdorr@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2026 23:18:36 JST Thomas Dorr

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     @dansup
     Given the in-bound developer identity lockdown, how goes distribution with things like F-Droid?

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     dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jun-2026 00:17:16 JST dansup

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     • erin sparling

     @everyplace yeah, they have pretty strict brand guidelines regarding this so it is dark on both light/dark mode

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     erin sparling (everyplace@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jun-2026 00:17:17 JST erin sparling

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     @dansup as a person who has worked on / directly with the “Subscribe with Google” button, I can say that getting button changes together is a LOT. Doesn’t excuse it, but I have empathy for the current state, especially given Play’s audience size.