@breakdownthewalls @besendorf @AwetTesfaiesus @GrapheneOS Soweit ich verstanden habe, sollte FDroid als Bezugsquelle für Apps auf graphene weiterhin funktionieren - auch wenn Google um seinen Store Stacheldraht spannt und Grenzkontrollen einführt.
Was für mich interessant ist/wird, sind halt z.B. die App meiner Bank. Die wird vermutlich nicht laufen… auf FDroid nicht verfügbar… aber das gilt es herauszufinden
@lennybacon @breakdownthewalls @AwetTesfaiesus @GrapheneOS alternative App Stores werden weiterhin funktionieren auch auf offiziellen Google Android Smartphones. An deiner Banking App ändert sich auch nichts. Lies doch mal die offizielle Ankündigung
https://developer.android.com/developer-verification
@besendorf @lennybacon @breakdownthewalls @AwetTesfaiesus @GrapheneOS
* Google's original proposal solely gave themselves the ability to turn off all apps on Android for any developer they chose for any reason.
* Google's current proposal requires turning on Developer Mode. I know of no technically sound reason for this, this is done just to dissuade users. Turning on Developer Mode means exposing a whole bunch of other things that most users will never want enabled.
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@besendorf @lennybacon @breakdownthewalls @AwetTesfaiesus @GrapheneOS Its clear that Google wants to introduce friction. Google has been found to be a monopolist in many countries around the world. Monopolists aka gatekeepers are known for introducing friction for competitors to maintain their monopoly. Google is not introducing this friction to Google Play, but only to competitors. There is plenty of malware in Google Play itself. This is illegal trust building. They are self-preferencing
@besendorf @lennybacon @breakdownthewalls @AwetTesfaiesus @GrapheneOS Now, your bank example: your bank introduces friction to its own services, not to the services of competitors.
@eighthave @lennybacon @breakdownthewalls @AwetTesfaiesus @GrapheneOS The reason is to introduce friction. My bank also makes me wait 4h before I can change my wire transfer limit. This is a security mechanism. Of course it is debatle if the settings should be under developer settings.