Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-source Android app

Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by jacobush on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:25AM (#20828249)

Everything you said rings true, except the part about proprietary license. That's orthogonal to enforcing updates. That is a contractual issue, not a licensing issue.

Google could for instance not allow the manufacturer to connect to their Google Play store unless the manufacturer played ball.

But where does this all put us? We are OK with crap, insecure devices being shoved all over the markets? What can be done.

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by cameronbrown on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:15AM (#20829666)

> Google could for instance not allow the manufacturer to connect to their Google Play store unless the manufacturer played ball.

Very true but I think the point GP was trying to make was that Samsung is bigger bthan Apple and would have enough influence to get a lot developers to work on its platform instead.

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by jacobush on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:06AM (#20830136)

I guess Apple->Google?

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by davinic on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:33AM (#20829824)

They already have contracts with licensing for the Play Store and other apps. Those are not included with the base images and require a contract to be in place.

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by jacobush on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:21AM (#20830283)

Great. Do you know what those contracts do not say?

"Must keep firmware updated with security fixes."

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by ummonk on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:16PM (#20830856)

I think the point being made is that they could add that to future contracts.

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by jacobush on Thursday August 29, 2019 @01:54PM (#20831948)

They could, but they won't, because security is not what is lining Googles coffers.

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