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Re:Until further notice, think twice before using Google to ... by flenserboy on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:38AM (#34643500)
And governments are doing their best to break the app stores, destroying even the basic safely mechanisms such stores can offer. This should be taken as instructive, but is ignored by most.
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Re:Until further notice, think twice before using Google to ... by izacus on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:46AM (#34643631)
What a strange argument - with this they're actually opening the market to stores that will ensure secure products like F-Droid with their guarantee for opensource. If anything, the current situation where BOTH Apple and Google store are ridden with malware and poor software doesn't work.

We didn't fix SourceForge problems by allowing a megacorp to kill all competition and enshrine that cesspool, but by creating new sources of software.

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Re:Until further notice, think twice before using Google to ... by scarface74 on Friday February 03, 2023 @09:35PM (#34650793)
There is very little outright, break the sandbox malware available for iOS.
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Re:Until further notice, think twice before using Google to ... by pixl97 on Friday February 03, 2023 @12:40PM (#34644733)
Apple does not have to break the safety mechanisms in their store...

They just have to allow other stores.

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