I’m a bit lost with all the recent developments, but in the end, does this mean that installing from, say, F-droid or similars won’t be possible at all?
Sorry for the stupid question; it’s getting harder to keep up with all the bad developments in the world.
From the last time I delved into the news it sounded like third party devs could still get signing keys as long as they verify their identity.
I think alphabet is trying to kill ad avoidance tools. That’s my best guess on the economic motive here. If blocking ads is against their ToS or terms of use, and you can’t publish ad bypassing tools, suddenly Google can guarantee their walled garden has more ads than piracy websites or porn sites…
I’m the same way. I use morphe for YouTube and YouTube music. Ublock origin on Firefox for web browsing. Ads are an actual vuln for your devices too since Google will happily take your money to distribute malware through ad impressions…
I’m a bit lost with all the recent developments, but in the end, does this mean that installing from, say, F-droid or similars won’t be possible at all?
Sorry for the stupid question; it’s getting harder to keep up with all the bad developments in the world.
From the last time I delved into the news it sounded like third party devs could still get signing keys as long as they verify their identity.
I think alphabet is trying to kill ad avoidance tools. That’s my best guess on the economic motive here. If blocking ads is against their ToS or terms of use, and you can’t publish ad bypassing tools, suddenly Google can guarantee their walled garden has more ads than piracy websites or porn sites…
I’d rather not use a website than sit through ads.
I’m the same way. I use morphe for YouTube and YouTube music. Ublock origin on Firefox for web browsing. Ads are an actual vuln for your devices too since Google will happily take your money to distribute malware through ad impressions…