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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by Aperocky on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @07:51AM (#45025247)
It only matters if you treat phones as a development environment.

It's tempting to have full control over everything OSS style, but the reality is you can only tenably have that for very specific parts of life.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by skeezyboy on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @08:12AM (#45025461)
i wanted my phone to be more than just a kiosk though. thank fuck desktop never ended up in this mess
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by const_cast on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @08:33AM (#45025650)
The irony is that our phones are unbelievably powerful and run laps around computers from just 5-10 years ago, but then we use them as locked-down glorified web views and advertisement deliverers.

Or, as you say, kiosks.

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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by geysersam on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:38AM (#45027174)
Not to mention all the functionality, sensors, etc that our laptops have never had.
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by goodpoint on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:33AM (#45027112)
advertisement deliverers and massive surveillance devices
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by OkayPhysicist on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @11:38AM (#45028046)
Why? I have the freedom to fix or modify most things I own. What makes phones so special that it justifies licking the boot of some techbro billionaires?
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