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Re:Android Developer Verification by skybrian on Monday March 30, 2026 @09:20PM (#47581681)
Pretty much everyone would hate it if a relative lost their life savings to a scammer, though they may not know it yet.

The idea isn't to protect the power users or average users. It's to protect the most vulnerable. Android is for everyone. Us power users will have a minor speed bump, but we can deal.

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Re:Android Developer Verification by JCTheDenthog on Monday March 30, 2026 @09:55PM (#47581896)
I would buy this argument if the Play Store wasn't already full of garbage and viruses and scams.
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Re:Android Developer Verification by gumby271 on Monday March 30, 2026 @09:27PM (#47581715)
Android is for everyone, provided they submit to Google exclusively. It's not about power users, and that isn't a speed bump. You can protect vulnerable users without centralizing power like they did, but that's not their motivation so here we are.
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Re:Android Developer Verification by skybrian on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @12:10AM (#47582657)
What's an example of a decentralized system that protects people from scammers?
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Re:Android Developer Verification by xigoi on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @01:13AM (#47582998)
TLS.
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Re:Android Developer Verification by Cartoxy on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @04:56PM (#47593367)
Decentralized PKI
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Re:Android Developer Verification by CivBase on Monday March 30, 2026 @09:32PM (#47581747)
How very noble of Google /s
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