Google have declared Droidscript is malware

Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by throwawayffffas on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:14AM (#26957038)

> Add to that that it's a closed source IDE for an open platform, and my intuition sides with Google here.

If I can't ship my closed source IDE on the platform is the platform really open?

> My guess is that when details come out it will turn out that at-least-plausibly harmful Droidscript garbage was being pushed to users and Google decided to kill it.

Of course they will say it was because x, y, and z were done to protect the users. But is it really for the users' benefit or just about control over their walled garden?

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by ajross on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:15AM (#26957047)

> If I can't ship my closed source IDE on the platform is the platform really open?

For clarity: the Play Store is not an open platform. The Android API being exposed by Droidscript very much is.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by throwawayffffas on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:17AM (#26957074)

Fair, I misinterpreted what you were saying.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by numpad0 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:28AM (#26957258)

Sounds like effective lack of means of production available inside the platform is fundamental to sustainable platform...

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