Google is hurting new apps that have less users than competitors

Re:Google is hurting new apps that have less users than comp... by Groxx on Friday May 02, 2025 @03:06PM (#43873562)

If you're not an app that's intentionally risking your users' safety though, you probably have some reason to trust the ad vendor to do their part. It's calculated risk for most non-malicious apps, and the major vendors are broadly fine in that respect. Ignoring privacy anyway.

And we can ignore the shovelware, which probably is actually a majority of apps. Those won't care about security patches, and will probably go out of their way to hide them so they don't appear vulnerable and don't have to do maintenance releases. They wouldn't be affected by forced updates.

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Re:Google is hurting new apps that have less users than comp... by szszrk on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:09PM (#43874115)

So as a conclusion, it seems we agree that those that are the ones creating most risk for users will not be impacted.

I am sticking to android ecosystem as best one I know, because I still have choices + I can use fdroid for a lot of my apps.

But when my mom uses a tablet or phone ... I have absolutely no smart advise to give her. All apps are hostile and annoying. The play game subscription is fine (apps/games cannot have apps and are fully unlocked) but other that that play store is a minefield.

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Re:Google is hurting new apps that have less users than comp... by Groxx on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:13PM (#43874152)

Yup, pretty much. Which makes me wonder what the actual goal is, especially since they've had vulnerability scanning for years iirc

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