Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store
by jessedhillon on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:23PM
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Suppose Google releases an update to Chrome that prevents it from loading problematic websites. What really is the difference, in your mind, between removal from the app store and what I described? Or would you also find that scenario acceptable?
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store
by 3np on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:46PM
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The difference would be that in the Play Store, Google hosts the app. They haven't blocked anything per se, just removed it from the server. It'd be more like them kicking problematic we sites off GCP and Firebase, which I don't like but can totally see happening.