A new system service will roll out this month ahead of big changes starting in September.
  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.orgEnglish
    112·
    1 个月前

    giving external developers the opportunity to pay $25 and verify their identities

    Extortion too

    • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
      354·
      1 个月前

      Having been in the app store development community for a decade, this isn’t honestly the WORST thing. So much malware gets pushed now it’s a fucking gha-tto. This isn’t the worst thing to combat, though I believe there should be a FREE tier for Open Source or otherwise community-driven apps to be released on with zero barriers - AGAIN, oenisn game sort of verification which could be cheap, reliable and FREE.

  • Lenggo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    1 个月前

    Its wild that they say this is to prevent people from getting scammed, meanwhile there is a ton of shit in the Play store that steals peoples info, mines crypto in the background or pops up ads every 4 seconds. But yea, this is for everyone’s safety…

    • pirateKaiser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      1 个月前

      Why are you arguing with their obviously smoke and mirrors pr when it’s apparent this move has nothing to do with this line of reasoning?

    • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
      3·
      1 个月前

      It is not wild in their eyes, they need to find a way to justify it after all.
      But I think that this way they are opening the door to the possibility to be sued or to be considered responsable for what is on the play store. It is not a stretch to go from “I need to verify your identity” to “you are responsible for what you accept to put on the store”. They want control, they will get even responsability.

    • tomiant@piefed.socialBannedEnglish
      1·
      1 个月前

      I mean that’s not a great counter argument if they are saying that this measure is supposed to combat that. It isn’t, it’s about control and money, but still.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
    59·
    1 个月前

    supported app stores

    EU Gatekeeper investigation when? And will it matter, after it’s established fact? Merely cost of doing business?

    • endofline@lemmy.caEnglish
      71·
      1 个月前

      We should buy Linux phones not android ones… But consumers prefer them for some reasons… Afaik simulating apks should be trivial

      • anon_8675309@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        1 个月前

        Uncertainty. People don’t have the money to spend on a phone they’re not certain will work for them for a few years.

  • OS2Warp@lemmy.zipEnglish
    426·
    1 个月前

    Hey people who rally against the iPhone being closed off - where is your open phone system now?

    And make no mistake, this is the beginning of the tightening of the grip, not the end.