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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by shareIdeas on Saturday July 20, 2019 @01:56PM (#20487261)
Fundementally this is the benefit of Linux. Google provides a nice fortune 500 solution to everything, but you could layer up and delete most of Google's packages.

It's a distro, you can still install extra stuff

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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by themacguffinman on Saturday July 20, 2019 @02:59PM (#20487640)
It has nothing to do with Linux. Google voluntarily provides a simple UI toggle to disable Play Store restrictions on any Android device when they could easily not have one. Tinder wouldn't even try this if the only way to sideload their app was to "layer up" and deal with rooting or flashing or anything that requires technical knowledge of Linux.
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Re:Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App S... by xg15 on Saturday July 20, 2019 @04:15PM (#20488070)
Indeed. And I seriously hope that Google's response, should this move become popular, will not be to remove that toggle.
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