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Re:Google Bans Parler from the Google Play Store by userbinator on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:20PM (#25694471)
The end-game is naturally to associate "sideloading" (i.e. downloading and installing software from anywhere yourself... the way it used to be), jailbreaking, and other activities --- possibly up to and including general-purpose computers --- with terrorism/racism/far-right extremism/etc.

Yesterday was merely a very convenient moment for all of Big Tech to start the squeeze.

Re:Google Bans Parler from the Google Play Store by burnthrow on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:30PM (#25694711)
Until the past few days, I had no idea this site was legion with the basest /r/conspiracy buffoons. Now I'm definitely gone, you can have it.