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Re:The Web Is Broken – Botnet Part 2 by duskwuff on Saturday April 19, 2025 @03:52PM (#43738975)
That may be true but I think you're missing the point here.

The "network sharing" behavior in these SDKs is the sole purpose of the SDK. It isn't being included as a surprise along with some other desirable behavior. What needs to stop is developers including these SDKs as a secondary revenue source in free or ad-supported apps.

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Re:The Web Is Broken – Botnet Part 2 by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday April 19, 2025 @04:04PM (#43739069)
> I think you're missing the point here

Doubt it. This is just one -of many- carrots that are used to entice developers to include dodgy software into their apps.

The problem is a lot bigger than these libraries. It's an endemic cultural issue. Much more difficult to quantify or fix.

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