Google plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store, starting September 2026
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Google plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store, starting September 2026
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Starting in 2026 and in select countries first, Android apps must be registered to a verified developer in order to be installed.Android Developers Blog
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Scrivere a mano nell'epoca dell'algoritmo: un ritorno al passato o una proiezione al futuro?
Scrivere a mano nell’epoca dell’algoritmo: un ritorno al passato o una proiezione al futuro?
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Scrivere a mano nell’epoca dell’algoritmo: un ritorno al passato o una proiezione al futuro?
Scrivere a mano nell’epoca dell’algoritmo: un ritorno al passato o una proiezione al futuro?
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Bibliometrie: Wie sie uns alle unterstützen kann
Was ist Bibliometrie überhaupt? Das klingt erstmal nach etwas, das nur Spezialist:innen interessiert, aber das stimmt nicht. In diesem Blogbeitrag geben wir Einblick, Orientierung und Unterstützung durch die TIB zu diesem Thema und zeigen, welche Unterstützungsangebote es von der TIB gibt. Denn Bibliometrie begegnet uns in der Wissenschaft fast überall:
- Wie oft wird ein Artikel zitiert?
- Welche Journals sind besonders einflussreich?
- Wer forscht weltweit zu einem bestimmten Thema?
Bibliometrie umfasst das Forschungs- und Anwendungsfeld, das sich mit der quantitativen Analyse wissenschaftlichen Outputs und dessen Einfluss auseinandersetzt.
Bibliometrische Analysen wenden statistische Methoden auf die Ergebnisse der Forschung an. Sie ermöglichen damit nicht nur Analysen der Publikations- und Forschungsleistung (zum Beispiel Benchmarking und Rankings), sondern schaffen damit Einblicke in Forschungstrends, Netzwerke und den Einfluss des Forschungsoutputs – für Einzelne und für Institutionen.
Warum ist das Thema für alle relevant?
Für Studierende – Orientierung im Publikationsdschungel
Die wissenschaftliche Literatur wächst rasant, im Studium und auch gerade bei der ersten großen Abschlussarbeit stellt sich immer wieder die Frage: Welche Literatur ist in deinem Fachgebiet wichtig und welche Quellen sind wirklich relevant?
Bibliometrisches Wissen hilft,
- die Kernliteratur in einem Fachgebiet schnell zu finden,
- wichtige Autor:innen und Zeitschriften zu erkennen und
- eine fundierte Auswahl für Seminar-, Bachelor- oder Masterarbeiten zu treffen.
Für Forschende – strategisch forschen, vernetzen und belegen
Publizieren ist mehr als nur „fertig schreiben“. Forschende stehen vor der Aufgabe, ihre Arbeiten zielgerichtet in der wissenschaftlichen Landschaft zu platzieren. Bibliometrische Analysen helfen dabei weit über das Thema Sichtbarkeit hinaus:
- Relevanz prüfen: Erkennen, ob ein Forschungsthema im Trend liegt, wo es Lücken gibt oder welche Aspekte in der Literatur bislang unterrepräsentiert sind.
- Kooperationen aufbauen: Identifizieren von Forschenden und Institutionen, die ähnliche Fragestellungen bearbeiten – regional wie international.
- Publikationsstrategie entwickeln: Auswahl der Journals, die nicht nur Reichweite, sondern auch Passung zur Zielgruppe und zum Fachgebiet bieten.
Für Kolleg:innen in der Bibliothek – Forschung aktiv unterstützen
Bibliometrisches Know-how ist nicht nur für Beratungsgespräche zu Impact-Faktoren oder Journal-Auswahl relevant. Gerade beim Bestandsaufbau kann es zu einem wertvollen strategischen Werkzeug werden – besonders dann, wenn Budgets knapp sind und jede Erwerbungsentscheidung gut begründet sein muss.
Durch bibliometrische Analysen lassen sich:
- Forschungstendenzen frühzeitig erkennen – etwa, welche Themen an der Universität stark wachsen oder in welchen Disziplinen neue Publikationsschwerpunkte entstehen.[1]
- Kernjournals und Schlüsselpublikationen identifizieren, die für das Fachgebiet unverzichtbar sind.
- Prioritäten setzen, indem man erkennt, welche Literatur den größten Nutzen für Forschung und Lehre bringt.
So wird bibliometrisches Wissen zu einem der Tools, mit dem Bibliotheken trotz begrenzter Mittel präziser, zukunftsorientierter und bedarfsorientierter handeln können – und sich als strategische Partnerin im Wissenschaftsbetrieb positionieren.
Egal, ob Sie studieren, forschen oder in der Bibliothek arbeiten – bibliometrisches Wissen verschafft Durchblick, eröffnet neue Perspektiven und stärt die eigene wissenschaftliche Arbeit.
Unterstützungsangebote der TIB
In der TIB bieten wir individuelle Beratung im Rahmen von TIBgefragt und Workshops zu folgenden Themen an:
- Einführung in die Bibliometrie
- Zitationsdatenbanken verstehen und nutzen (zum Beispiel Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions)
- Impact-Faktoren und alternative Metriken richtig interpretieren
- Journalauswahl und Open-Access-Strategien
- Visualisierung bibliometrischer Netzwerke (zum Beispiel mit VOSviewer)
Unsere Angebote richten sich an:
- Studierende (ab Bachelorarbeit aufwärts)
- Promovierende und Postdocs
- Forschende und Lehrende
- Bibliotheksmitarbeitende
Du willst mehr erfahren oder brauchst Unterstützung bei einer konkreten Fragestellung? Dann schau dir unsere aktuellen Beratungsangebote an oder vereinbare direkt einen Beratungstermin.
Kontakt: linna.lu@tib.eu
Beratungstermine: nach Vereinbarung oder über unser Buchungssystem
Aktuell ist eine Webveranstaltung der TIB am 30. September zu den Zitationsdatenbanken Web of Science, Scopus und Dimensions für die Registrierung geöffnet. Hier geht es zum Event.
Fazit: Bibliometrie ist mehr als nur Zählen
Ob bei der Publikationsstrategie, in der Forschungsunterstützung oder bei der Studienarbeit – Bibliometrie liefert Orientierung in der wachsenden Publikationsflut. Und genau dabei helfen wir euch gerne weiter.
[1] Entdeckung von Forschungstrends durch bibliometrische Analyse mit der Dimensions API blog.tib.eu/2023/11/24/entdeck…
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Entdeckung von Forschungstrends durch bibliometrische Analyse mit der Dimensions API - TIB-Blog
In der schnelllebigen Welt der wissenschaftlichen Forschung ist es entscheidend, stets über Forschungstrends informiert zu sein.Linna Lu (TIB – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek)
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Google says it’s no different than checking IDs at the airport.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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I daily drive a Pixel 8 Pro and it's never felt underpowered to me. I have no need or desire to look at benchmarks.
It's a fair point to make to say they're expensive, but that's not really relevant to their actual quality or performance, both of which are fine. And the used market seems pretty good for these things, too.
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I see it this way.
Google wants everyone using gapps to be identified but isn't outright saying you can't use Android without certification.
"Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device"
So LOS and Graphene may get off the hook on this and be able to install whatever non-google apps they need. By default, neither have google services.
Sucks for the gapps people, but, I mean. They knew it was coming, right?
Wait, what the hell?
I can't believe this, who the hell are they to decide what I should install?
They are welcome to curate their own store, but sideloading concerns only the user.
Hopefully, the EU and other jurisdictions block this.
Fucking corrupt American oligarchs.
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Hopefully, the EU and other jurisdictions block this.
This is very similar to the notarization process Apple introduced to comply with the EU requirement of allowing third-party stores, and yet the EU doesn't seem concerned (maybe because Apple did not allow third-party stores in the first place, will it be different for Google?)
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Not an Apple user, so I didn't know about this. Extremely disappointing.
It really does seem avoiding any and all American services/products (to the extent possible, with exceptions where reasonable) is the only way forward.
I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that the US is a ethical, cultural and even economic dead end. Yes even economic, only a fool would believe intense corruption and broad support of criminality and corruption among the population will not have any negative effects in the future.
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You think this wouldn't happen elsewhere?
It's not just an American thing, it's an asshoke thing, and those people are everywhere, and will always find a way.
Of course it can happen elsewhere.
Just US has a massive influence on tech platforms, and they are currently under-going an oligarch takeover (oligarch influence was already bad irrespective of whether the far right or centre right was in power).
Mind you I am not anti-American. I have largely always defended the US as a matter of pragmatism (it is the largest and most influential democracy-leaning country with a measure of respect for human right). US has done really bad things, but they have done good things as well. I can't say the same about say China or Russia.
I clarified what I meant by economic dead end. It's not going to happen tomorrow or even in ten years. But absolute corruption, rollback of democracy and a population where a large number of people support crime and corruption will have a caustic effect in the long term. It's a straw man to suggest that I was claiming an immense collapse in American economic might.
At one point the "sun never set on the British empire" and now the British empire is no more. There are also examples of economies that were once top end, but are now closer to middle income.
I don't think you understand the extent to which American "soft power" is being eroded right now. What countries have you lived in? What languages other than English do you speak? Do you have close friends in other countries?
Of course America is major economy, that doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't exist. Just look at the state of Chinese products in the early 2000s and where they are now.
People don't like thugs and liars, especially ones who are constantly parroting polemics about "freedom for this and that" while engaging in criminality and opposing democracy.
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I just use my banking through the web UI. Why do you need an app for it? If it's for check deposits, try using an old phone as a dedicated banking device.
If you don't use apps that depend on Google services, consider deGoogling your phone.
Its 2050, you are waiting outside of the HR Office waiting for them to talk to you. You're certain that your job has just been replaced by a robot.
Fuck this shit, you thought, 90% of the people are unemployed anyways, fuck this 16 hour shift.
You pull out your hand terminal (yes a "hand terminal", as "smartphones" no longer have local storage now, almost all computing is done on cloud) and start typing in your journal app: "Down with the regime, Down with tyranny!". You tap "save".
"Action not authorized. This incident has been reported"
2 seconds later, you can hear sirens in the distance growing louder and louder.
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Google says it's no different than checking IDs at the airport
What, and Google is now the TSA? Fuck that shit. I've paid for my device, I get to do whatever the hell I want with it!
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I've paid for my device, I get to do whatever the hell I want with it!
You bought a phone but is leasing the software. It's not yours to do with as you please.
Have you considered using fully open source android versions?
No custom ROM on a recent smartphone technically gives you a fully open source Android system when they rely on vendor-provided proprietary blobs in order for basic hardware functionality to work at all. Unless you want to go without a modem, GPS, and likely more depending on your model, at which point it's functionally no longer a smartphone.
Open-source custom ROMs are at least far more open-source than the alternative in most of the ways that matter most, including the ability to change the code in order to remove app installation restrictions, to avoid Google's telemetry, etc.
Would the proprietary blobs in the baseband hardware stop the end user from installing software, which is the topic of concern?
If no, is this a irrelevant "achtually"-reply?
Okay, let’s check ids wherever you leave the house, since that’s the sane as checking them at the airport.
Papers please, right?
I can't say anything for the Reddit part of what you said but I agree with Google's unethical datamining. It's no secret what Google has been doing. I remember when the tinfoil-hat-wearers were warning people about those nifty little Google speakers people were generously inviting into their homes, telling them to watch what they were saying in the general vicinity of the speakers, that Google could be using them to listen to every conversation. The naysayers said "They wouldn't do that, that'd be illegal. The speaker only listens when I say 'Hey Google' and they wouldn't be saving what I say anyway!". Lo and behold, it finally got leaked that was wrong, that the speakers were listening 24/7 and Google was keeping everything. I could be wrong but I recall something going around that Google even admitted they were keeping the recordings. Suddenly the conversation died down, there was no lawsuit for espionage or any such thing and the naysayers suddenly converted to "I've got nothing to hide, I don't care if I'm being recorded". Ignorance remains forever blissful, it would seem.
Quick note for the pedantic: No, it's not just Google. Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are doing it too. If there's a microphone in your house, be mindful of what you're saying around it; you never know how an innocuous conversation might be used against you.
fuck google!
Who can I donate to that is working on making alternative OS accessible on android or iphones?
I know there are alternative OS already out there but they aren't as universally accessible compared to how Linux can run on any PC.
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The only way to bypass a forced bootloader lock is to find a bootrom exploit. It's basically like jailbreaking an iPhone or a console at that point.
Note, the iPhone hasn't had a working jailbreak in years. Samsung phones in the US also haven't been able to be unlocked in years.
Android would be even harder because of how fragmented the market is. There are many different phones from many different manufacturers.
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lineageos does support far more phone vendors; who knows what pixel phones will be like in the future
I'm hoping on fairphone to get graphene support 🤷
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They are actually very far removed from meeting them, compared to OEMs like Samsung.
GrapheneOS Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions about GrapheneOS.GrapheneOS
GrapheneOS has largely worked around this by automating creating device support themselves using "adevtool". The current Pixels' hardware supports installing third-party OSes and will continue to do so, they will support those Pixels until EOL. For future Pixels (Pixel 10 series has not yet launched, only available for pre-order), it remains to be seen whether they still fully support installing third-party OSes. If they do, GrapheneOS will also support them, but it might take much longer to implement device support because they need to make this by themselves and this is more difficult doing it from scratch than being able to use the old Android device support for it as a base, like they could do for the existing devices when Google did their rugpull.
They have not really vendor locked themselves for the future. They have hardware requirements listed in their FAQ: grapheneos.org/faq#device-supp…
Google just happened to be the only company meeting those requirements, which weren't even that strict, becuase other OEMs just didn't prioritize security.
But, there is good news. GrapheneOS is currently in active talks with a major Android OEM right now in order to help them meet the security requirements for a subset of their future devices. They are very optimistic about that.
GrapheneOS Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions about GrapheneOS.GrapheneOS
Google just happened to be the only company meeting those requirements
I don't know. They designed the requirements in a way that only Google met them. It didn't "happen" to meet them after the fact.
It's like demanding yellow hard hats on a construction site. Sure, they are safe and highly visible. Would it make sense to allow black hard hats as well if it means not locking into a single vendor and try pushing for high vis while having a stronger base? And also working around the issue with a vest? I don't know the answer to that but it's clear that they have made a conscious decision to move into the situation that they now find themselves in.
I didn't say they need to rip something out. I didn't say their current efforts to open up weren't valid.
I specifically said that I don't know whether it would have made sense to start with reduced requirements.
I just stated that they didn't "happen" to only support Google. I simply acknowledged how they knew exactly that the standard they were writing would only be matched by one vendor as they were writing it.
The only proper solution is to focus fully on the new Linux Mobile ecosystem and become independent from Google-maintained shit (and hardware - Graphene is based on Google Pixels, they literally exist at the mercy of Google). Otherwise they will fuck you over again and again. Not saying getting Linux Mobile on par will be easy, but it's our only true, permanent option aside from rejecting smartphones altogether.
Only because Graphene is about using a security chip.
Lineage isn't, so runs on more devices. I'd argue most people don't have risks that require the security of Graphene.
But the moment another phone manufacturer decides to use a similar security chip, Graphene will be on it.
Chinese version of YouTube (bilibili (B站)) has built in sleep timer functionality.
That beats the hell out of the adverts and autoplay rubbish YouTube subjects people not using Invidious or Piped to.
“ but android is open source! You can do whatever you want with it!”
A 20 year-old lie, and I’m glad to see the android worshipers finally realize it was always a load of shit.
You can complain about iOS all you like, but android is no better. It’s about time people started to realize that.
I just upvoted a comment which is sure to get downvoted to hell.
You’re right though, the idea that you could “do whatever you want” with android was always a fantasy.
Me right now:
Can I install an independently compiled version of iOS an an iPhone, equivalent to Lineage or Graphene?
I'm currently running a fork of Lineage called DivestOS. That's 3 more versions of OS than available for iOS.
Stop acting like they're the same, because they're not. I use iOS for my work devices, and have since 2010.1 my personal devices are Android, because iOS won't allow me to do things as simple as move files the way I need to.
Watch out, we got a badass over here!
Sounds to me like you’re not using android, and this your condescending rhetorical question does not apply. Sure, you can put forks of forks on your device, but good luck running banking or travel or healthcare apps, among many others.
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There's a world of difference between iOS and Android.
Just look at Lineage and Graphene. Both independently compiled versions of Android. Show me the equivalent in iOS.
Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device.
Any chance you can just remove their shit via adb?
Looks like I'm gonna just carry a stock phone, give it nothing but the most basic information and tether it to a laptop over a VPN. They stop tethering? I'll use VOIP and a hotspot.
Welcome back to 2011. Maybe messenger bags will come back into fashion in foss culture.
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Run Lineage on your phone of choice.
Or if you're paranoid, a Pixel with Graphene.
...What about after September 2026?
Well, there's one teensy tiny caveat.
Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device.
So, in theory... no gapps, no approval necessary?
Open devs just have to have two versions, as many already do, one signed with Google's spyware and one on github/fdroid with nothing.
Seems about right, for as long as they can.
I'd even consider the possibility of "google-free" phones showing up on kickstarter in two or three years for the tinkerer market. That market exists. Raspberrypi didn't buy itself. We are here!
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As an iPhone guy, I always thought, what apps am I missing? It was mostly emulators. Then Apple allowed them, and I ask the question again.
Oh yeah, we have Delta, why doesn't Android have anything like that? So, in a nutshell, I can uninstall Delta right now. App gone, games gone, saves gone, it's all gone. No longer have any trace of it on my iPhone. Go to the App Store and download it. Empty library. Got to start over, right? Wrong. Go into Settings, connect Google Drive. It's now downloading my games, my saves, my settings. Everything back where I was. Would be so cool if it were on all the platforms, so a game started on one could be picked up and played on another. Not necessarily Android <==> iOS, but more like phone <==> computer/tablet.
Yeah, so anyway, what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?
I get it's a slippery slope and future implications. I get that. I'm just not seeing the issue now.
Also, it seems like Google has taken away all the things that would convince you not to get an iPhone. They took your headphone jack (though an Android was the first to do so). They took your microSD card slot. The tech always sucked, no one tried to make it better; past 16 or maybe 32GB the write speeds were too low to be usable. Now they're coming for your sideloading? Honestly what is the argument for staying?
what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?
For me, it's an independence from Google thing and a privacy thing. I am logged in to the Play Store on my phone, but I try to get whatever I can from F-Droid. On other devices like my TV, tablet and e-reader, I'm not even logged in and use F-Droid and the Aurora Store instead. Not having to rely on Google is great.
Honestly what is the argument for staying?
There are still Android phones with headphone jacks
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it's an independence from Google thing and a privacy thing. I am logged in to the Play Store on my phone
Uh.
I can try it though
Yes, my Android phone (Galaxy S10) has a headphone jack and a microSD card reader and a fingerprint reader. And it's a flaghship. But it's a 2019 flagship. (Still does things better than my iPhone 16 Pro Max, which is Apple's flagship from last year, and still their current flagship model. Most notably, the Android keyboard is better.)
Do any new flagship Android phones have headphone jacks? Not that I need one. I'm 100% on board with AirPods. Love them. I own headphones but it's a lesser experience. I have some decent (not great) over the ear Sennheisers (they were around $50, so not audiophile range, probably the brand's entry model) and they're good enough, but the AirPods are a better experience in many ways. But anyway, mid-range Android phones have headphone jacks, but they're underpowered compared to flagships, and Android flagships are underpowered next to iPhones of the same year. So while granted, a mid-range 2025 Android likely outperforms my S10 across the board, I have no reason to upgrade what is essentially my backup phone.
Do any new flagship Android phones have headphone jacks?
Less and less. Sony still does and Asus still does on their ROG Phones, but dropped it for the Zenfone 12 so not sure how long they'll last with it still (I love my Zenfone 9, so a bit sad about it).
But anyway, mid-range Android phones have headphone jack
Shockingly little nowadays. If I search between 300-500 euro, I can only find Sony, Poco and two Samsungs (A25 and Xcover 7).
Not actually true, there are still some scam apps on the App Store. As long as they have recurring subscriptions, Apple doesn't care too much. It's the free apps that are just as good, they will bury, even if they have users.
As far as music, I agree. I use Apple Music because it's the best streaming service for my needs and they pay artists better than the other big one. But on iOS you also have Marvis Pro and MusicHarbor. I couldn't get that experience on Android. The actual Apple Music app is great on Android, and it has gotten better, but on iOS I still prefer Marvis, which is a frontend to Music.app.
Yeah, so anyway, what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?
When I upgraded my Samsung to a OnePlus13, Samsung's app that manages the tag device flat out had an error message telling me that it could only work on Samsung phones. 5 minutes later I found an open source app allowed me to use the Galaxy tag that I paid for on my new phone. Samsung has some of the best engineers in the world so they were 100% lying or intentionally trying to brick my tag device to either force me to buy their overpriced phones...
And that is just one example. I use tons of open source apps. For almost any useful app you can think of, there is a free open source version. Premium-YouTube? Newpipe is ad-free with all the premium features for free.
what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?
On the Android world, there are various Firefox forks with privacy enhancements. Such an example is IronFox. These apps are not listed on Play Store, and are, instead, distributed through F-Droid.
Besides this, there is a big difference between the policies of Play Store and F-Droid. Play Store takes your compiled blob, runs some security tests, signs it and publishes it. F-Droid, on the other hand, requires that all the source code is public and compiles the app.
This allows the users to be sure that the apps cannot be tampered by their developers. While, on Play Store, devs can easily submit applications that aren't built based on the published source code.
what can't I get in the Play store that I actually want
Well, for starters, versions of apps without Google play store tracking. Or without GMS/Firebase so the apps aren't constantly being awakened whenever someone else decides.
Or old apps that Google has decided you don't need anymore because they "won't run" on current versions of Android, yet work fine.
Or, any app category that Google doesn't permit you to publish to play, like my system wide ad blockers.
Or apps that aren't malware, since Play store is the single greatest source of malware.
AdAway isn't in the Play Store? That was my ad blocker back in the day... on, like, Jellybean and KitKat.
Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if Google has since banned ad blockers. They threaten their business model after all.
So I guess my next phone will be a Chinese phone. Even if it spies on me, I'll have the freedom to install whatever I want from anywhere.
The Chinese have a golden window of opportunity. Let's hope they don't mess this up.
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LOL. Chinese phones are way worse, they simply block installations of "unsanctioned" apps with no workaround.
My wife is Chinese and I used to live there for 7 years, it's an absolute privacy nightmare.
Oppo = OnePlus
Huawei bootlaoders can't be unlocked, so absolutely no custom ROM there.
Honor bootlaoders can't be unlocked, so absolutely no custom ROM there.
Poco seems possible for now, never used one of their phones, but well good that there's something possible.
So I bought it from giztop, they take the Chinese version of the phone, get the Google play store on there and get it set to English, plus a couple other things, so that it's easier for you to get started with. I bought this because I had thought they'd make a global version and I could flash that rom when that happened, and only deal with some Chinese sections of the phone for a short while, but for some reason they didn't with this specific phone, they did for the 14 ultra.
I busted the phone out again to see the popup I was talking about, but actually one of the (semi) recent updates made it so the buttons are english. I am allowed to just install things with a few pop-up warnings and the phone does some kind of check. I wonder if it's because it's an "unlocked" phone (I don't know if it's the same in China where a carrier locks the phone to their network and has their own shit installed if you buy it from them) or what.
Either way, interesting.
As someone who uses a Xiaomi phone, that's not true.
It was a faff getting it to install any random apk I found of off the Internet, but it was possible. Did involve holding down a graphic for 10 seconds as part of the unlock procedure.
But for now at least, you can still install any unsigned apk without going through a store.
I guess if GrapheneOS finally gets spoken to by a manufacturer interested in filling this market gap, that would be awesome too.
Hell, maybe it could be a chinese manufacturer.
I believe disabling play protect turns this off
Edit: no it doesn't. This is play integrity API which can't be disabled and will be in the APK itself.... hopefully it can be patched out
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For the benefit of those reacting based on the headline and one-sentence summary, yes it's a pain, I agree with the mob that it should be the user's choice what they install, BUT, the headline is badly written, in that it implies that the app itself has to be verified, and also many commenters seem to have also inferred that it means an Apple walled-garden style Play Store lock-in which also isn't the case. (a better headline might have been "sideloading of Android apps from unverified publishers")
You can still publish and run apps from outside of the Play Store, but publishers will need to get a verified key from Google to sign them with. Google don't have any visibility of what the app actually is, they just issue you a key and you do whatever you want with it.
(EDIT: fuck me, don't shoot the messenger, just because you don't like what Google is doing. I even opened by saying I agreed that the user should be able to choose, knowing full well that the sort of person who doesn't read past the headline also would interpret correcting it as a defense of Google... guess I'd have been better off just quietly leaving y'all to get angry over things that didn't actually happen)
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All Google would have to do is check what key an app is using on a user's device and they can invalidate it. Someone made a youtube vanced 2 (not revanced)? Google can easily invalidate it for everyone using this process.
Even if I misunderstand how the key works and it's more of a signature, it would mean that if you try to download an older app then it could fail bc the signature expired and isn't maintained anymore. You also run into the same issue with not being renewed if Google chooses.
My point is it could effectively be a side loading killer, maybe not right away but the point of sideloading is the independence which this takes away
I'm making a statement about companies in general. People are just so willing to bend over and take it. In my mind people used to have more gumption, but I'm probably overestimating how much was individuals vs how the media portrayed things.
Feels like if Upton Sinclair released "the jungle" today we'd all collectively say "oh well, guess we're eating rats and formaldehyde."
I'm confused. I read an article about the new 3310 getting the ability to install apps, a long time ago. I found an article on how to do so, but it doesn't look like the 3310 screen in the screenshots but a general android OS. I thought it had a simplified OS, either their own or a stripped down android (unsure) as it has a tiny screen.
It's the Nokia 3310 4G model according to this article. But it might be a generic article in which they have the phone model automatically generated by the one you search for?
If you have a non-Google build of Android on your phone, none of this applies. However, that's a vanishingly small fraction of the Android ecosystem outside of China.
Linux-based Android build when?
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The current trends and direction of tech is making me want to become Amish...
I'm getting so fucking sick of everything turning into shit, what's even the point of fucking point anymore? This is borderline kernel level enshitification
The Amish that I grew up near were big into shunning, child marriage, sexual abuse, not talking to the cops, and lots of drugs.
I'm just saying it might be easier to switch to open source or something.
If postmarket gets the drivers under control, we can be running relatively vanilla distros on them. There's already a version of NixOS that leans on postmarkets work to run Nic right on a dozen different phones
You just need a window manager that can handle touch, small form factor, and just a couple of gigs of RAM. And there are already projects doing that.
I feel ya friend.
Those guys are getting really decent funding, then Gnome and Plasma-mobile are already serviceable. It's really just a matter of reverse engieering the cellular radio/voice/volte and the true hard part of the networks not pulling the rug on that work.
Jolla is definitely interesting, but search around, there are caveats.
One notable thing is that until pretty recently they were on a subscription model for OS updates, that turned a lot of people off. I get the need for continued funding, but definitely not something I'd want to deal with on my phone.
Also, for me personally, my phone is partially for work too so it needs to be compatible with that or else I honestly probably don't really even need a phone. Jolla has some preliminary support there, but there's no way it could pass our requirements for MDM compliance at my company and I doubt it would for most others. There are things that are non-optional there in relation to audit requirements that a lot of very different companies all have to comply with and it's just not compatible with the idea. That's probably going to be the major sticking point for any smaller players trying to break into the mobile market.
I might consider a Jolla tablet if they gave it another shot, but we do have a lot more options in the linux non-phone portable space.
Assuming you are in US, it seems dependent on ATT backbone. That is not a complete turnoff for me. I use ATT and the covereage is almost perfect. I cannot recall the last time I lost service.
I would be willing to call the company with questions and try it for everyone, assuming the pass the qusstions. Do you send ifo to AI like fairphone? Do you have any deals with Google? Are you open source?
Well, nevermind. They have nothing in stock that has a North American modem.
Google says it's no different than checking IDs at the airport.
You're not a fucking airport, Google!
It also becomes no different than iPhone, so.. what's keeping me to android if they do this? Or hey, maybe I'll commit to de-googling. I have CoMaps, I'm planning to setup nextcloud soon... Hell, I don't even buy anything on Google play anymore since it's so shit, i have no purchases tying me to the OS. Maybe I'll buy a cheap old iPhone so I can finally use imessage with everyone that's been bitching about me and use other tech for everything else.
(I'm not going to iPhone, but the point stands)
I left iphone because of a walled garden issue, was thinking about working with my parents off of iphone so I can actually assist with them because I've been off of it for decades.
Instead may be the other direction because at least iOS has a modicum of privacy by at least telling the US government to make their own back doors instead of just licking the boot like google does. I'm not a fan of apple by any stretch of the imagination, but at this point of the falling apart world fuck it, I gotta figure out what the least evil is, even if it's only marginal.
Whilst this is true, it's also a good reason to move to self hosting if possible.
I've been slowly removing my reliance on these ad filled services, even though the apks I use have ads removed, and this news just gives me more reason to ramp this up since these same APKs may no longer work without some trickery by 2027 (if they go with this plan).
Still, this all seems like constant patchwork as any and all effort is being taken to rid ourselves of control over our devices. It's an iffy situation and I just hope people smarter than myself will continue fighting, in some manner.
How about we abandon proprietary locked-down launcher sandboxes on our phones and just run regular old Linux on them like we do on the desktop?
Isn't that what PostmarketOS is? Is there some bullshit firmware issue in the way of that? What exactly is stopping us?
No one talking about how this could completely annihilate open source .apk development? First off the lead dev has to get identity verified to get a key, which will reduce the number of devs willing to push through friction to start a project. Then when the key is issued and it is posted to the repository, what keeps anyone from grabbing it and using it for another repo? We'll they have an official app registration of some kind, ok, what about version control? Does every new version have to be registered before it can be loaded and tested? Same for forks?
This is about to be a terrible mess, Google is assassinating FOSS with this.
You distribute the code without your key and a built package that is signed. This isn't exactly rocket science.
Anyone who forks the code will have to use their own key to install a package they built.
It's just unnecessary red tape.
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It's just unnecessary red tape.
Which will reduce the number of people using foss apks, which will in turn, reduce the motivation, and then the number, of foss apk developers.
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Fdroid itself and every package they host will have to be signed.
Maybe there are still workarounds, like enabling dev mode on your phone, but still tedious.
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Google has been been cracking down on installing .apk's on your phone for years and they're getting more and more aggressive about it. It's not a question of if they'll disallow it completely, but when.
It's already extremely tedious. Back in the Android 2.3 days (oh, good old Gingerbread) you could just get an APK and install it, but those times are long gone.
Years ago they threatened the developer of Total Commander to remove his app from the PlayStore unless he patched out an APK install feature, so he was forced to do that.
Now another example: Try to install eBay on a phone that is not passing device integrity. It is not listed on the PlayStore because your device doesn't pass safety checks. You can grab an APK and install it, but the OS will check if the app has been installed through the PlayStore and if it hasn't, it will complain and close itself.
GrapheneOS has patched that bullshit out, btw.
And this behaviour happens with all apps where the developer has enabled the "App Integrity" option, which is heavily pushed as a super-great security feature. So developers might just enable that feature, not being fully aware of the implications.
As you can see, it's one method at a time, slowly but surely, until Google fully controls the ecosystem. The intention behind that is pretty clear: They don't want people to have AdAway and Revanced, they want money and user data. And they also want you to login to the PlayStore, get hooked on their stupid daily points challenges and spend your hard-earned money on virtual crap.
This is textbook enshittification, it will only get worse from here on.
GrapheneOS releases
Official releases of GrapheneOS, a security and privacy focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.GrapheneOS
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I'm probably going to spam this around a bit, since most people don't seem to know about it, but a reminder that FuriLabs has a (GNU+)Linux phone with decent spec.s and the ability to run Android app.s (from what I've heard) pretty decently: furilabs.com/
Biggest drawback is it's based on Halium. Usual growing pains of a new product/company apply but apparently the company is pretty responsive and their dev.s have worked with customers to get things like calling working with the carrier and bands of their country where it hasn't worked before so improvements move pretty quickly.
Collection of different experiences I've variously seen online over the last year or so:
* clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2025/07-20-…
* news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
* reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1f…
* reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1j…
* theregister.com/2025/02/03/fur…
I don't own one, myself, so I can't give any personal experience but I've seen it around for a few years now but most people don't seem to even know about it. Maybe there's a reason for that? But none I've ever seen anyone say.
FuriPhone FLX1: A Debian-powered brick that puts GNOME in your back pocket
: Fun with a FOSS-focused Phosh fondleslabLiam Proven (The Register)
Android developer verification requirements
Use this form to submit questions or feedback about the new Android developer verification requirements announced in August 2025. You can learn more about the requirements in the Android developer verification guide. Sign up for early access here.Google Docs
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From what I can tell most of the roadblock is drivers for hardware support. Basically every price of hardware has to have a reverse engineered driver to work. We need hardware mfrs on board to really gain traction in this arena.
Still, I'm pretty sure my next phone is going to be a Linux phone. I know I'll lose functionality but if I can make calls, send texts, and browse the web I'll get by. Hopefully that space keeps gaining traction and it won't be long until it is a truly viable option to replace google/apple products.
Yes, and its pretty great on devices you can install it on.
Problem is? Its not possible to install on most phones.
Postmarket OS is getting there. It only runs at all on a couple dozen older phones. And they don't currently have receive voice. But 2 months ago they didn't have 4G data or send voice so...
Oh, and battery life is not good.
My next mobile device will likely be a small tablet running Linux and a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Oh, the problem isn't the OS's. You can hardly get a phone that can have its bootloader unlocked these days.
When they stop providing security for our flagship phones, if we could just install lineage or GOS on it, they wouldn't get a new purchase out of us, and they'd also stop receiving all our data that they can sell..
for the greater good
This good is gonna be so great after we lose everything to the worst of us.
This device looks really interesting, but I don't see anything on their site about how I can write software for Light Phone, or install anything except what they provide through their app.
How is that any different from what Google plans to do to Android?
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We would have plenty of Linux phones if drivers were open sauce or even just available closed sauce.
So Android is pointless now?
No, really. If I'm gonna be dragged kicking and screaming into the walled garden, why would I go with Google's joke of an ecosystem instead of much nicer and better integrated Apple garden?
I might as well start carrying one of those weird branded ultra-tiny laptops from AliExpress and some used, older iPhone for the 2 apps I need.
Fuck it. Throw out the baby, the bathwater, the bathtub, the whole damn thing. Fuuuuck it.
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Does anyone have try puri.sm/products/librem-5/ Or c2 shop.jolla.com/
Can we still load custom roms? It's been a while since my last install of Lineage OS.
If that's not an option either, well, Linux phones I'm coming!
What will be the point of android?
you can pack them on the magisk denylist and then they might work flawlessly.
this has never failed me but i would still not recommend it.
these banks and Google have no hesitation to cut your access to your money one day. they own your way of interacting with the web now and they don't like what you're attempting here
How long did it take you to get used to glasses?
Basically title; how long did it take you to get used to them?
For bonus info for me, how old were you when you started wearing them? How bad are your eyes?
I finally had to give in and get them. My eyes aren’t that bad (I think) but I’m almost 40. I’ve had them made a few times in the past because I have had a prescription all this time (since my mid 20s) but I never wore them. It was more work than my eyes were doing…… probably. Felt that way anyway..
But I can’t avoid it now and I got an additional pink tint added to maybe help with headaches (not directly related to my eyes, I’ve had the headaches most of my life; they run in the family, yay!).. and one eye has a stronger prescription than the other and it’s insanely nauseating. It’s my dominant eye no less. And maybe I shouldn’t have done all the vision changes at once.
How long am I gunna deal with this? I can’t just stop wearing them after a few days this time, because off is worse for reading and I know it and I notice it.
Edit: this is day one of wearing these. It sucks but it’s not like this is ongoing. This is new to me in that it’s physically uncomfortable, but my eyes are legit bad and I’ve known it and I think the prescription might be a bit off but they have been telling me for years if I just wear the damned things my eyes will relax and my prescription will probably change. I do not like the visual changes. They make me sick because I have neurological problems that both cause headaches and intense motion sickness. Like I can’t swing on swings without getting violently ill. -end edit
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I started wearing glasses at 17. I technically didn’t need to wear them all the time, but I just did because it was immediately much more comfortable on my eyes. I have a bent nose from a break and I got a little irritation from it, but the relief on my eyes was easily worth it.
My eyes aren’t super bad, I can actually be okay without them for most of the day. Neither eye is super bad, but I have a high astigmatism factor or whatever they call it. That makes my depth perception really funky and I can’t read anything at a distance.
I can’t really remember what difficulty I had at first besides the my nose hurting and getting used to the frames being in view. It definitely never made me nauseous though. You should probably talk to your eye dr about that.
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Global Ad giant(Interpublic Group "IPG") Broke 'Industry First' Climate Policy With Work for Saudi Aramco(world’s largest oil company) to influence government policymakers
The global advertising giant Interpublic Group (IPG) is facing allegations by staff that its rebrand of the world’s largest oil company violated a pledge to avoid work that could worsen the climate crisis.Documents obtained by DeSmog show that a group of IPG’s London-based agencies created campaigns designed in part to convince government policymakers that Saudi Aramco was developing climate solutions — even as it planned to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in new oil and gas.
A dozen current and former IPG employees said the strategy appeared to breach IPG’s commitment to avoid projects “aimed at influencing public policy that seeks to extend the life of fossil fuels.” CEO Philippe Krakowsky had announced IPG’s policy as “a first for the industry” in September 2022 amid growing internal calls for him to act on climate — including a letter signed by more than 800 staff urging the agency to drop polluting clients.
Scientists agree that the world must rapidly transition from oil, gas, and coal. Burning these fossil fuels is the main cause of climate change, which is fast creating an increasingly uninhabitable world of deadly droughts, floods, heatwaves and storms.
But the documents show that the underlying goal of IPG’s work for Aramco was to bolster the state-owned Saudi oil company’s “license to operate as part of the future energy landscape” — oil executive-speak for business as usual.
“This Aramco work was in direct contravention of [IPG’s climate] policy,” said one former employee who — like others quoted in this story — declined to be named for fear of professional repercussions. “Everything IPG does for its fossil fuel clients is aimed at influencing key decision-makers in corporate and political spheres, and making the fossil fuel revenue party last for as long as possible.”
IPG Takes New Steps in Considering Energy and Fuel Clients - IPG
In a first for the industry, IPG and its affiliates now proactively review the climate impacts of prospective clients that operate in the oil, energy and utility sectors before accepting new work.Emily Olin (Interpublic Group)
Rotaie abbandonate ci raccontano la storia poco nota del treno francese a reazione - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Rotaie abbandonate ci raccontano la storia poco nota del treno francese a reazione - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Successivamente alla metà del secolo, l’investimento significativo di menti e risorse nel miglioramento dei jet aeronautici portò gradualmente alla scoperta di cognizioni fisiche precedentemente inesplorate.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon
How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon
Kit Klarenberg exposes how the West weaponized “human rights” after the Helsinki Accords, turning a noble idea into a tool for regime change, sanctions, and imperial wars.Kit Klarenberg (How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon)
How to follow and participate in discussions here from your Fediverse and ATmosphere accounts
The magic of decentralized social networks means that even though the Nexus of Discussions is running NodeBB software, you can follow and participate in discussions here from accounts on GoToSocial, Mastodon, Glitch, Piefed and other Fediverse platforms -- and thanks to the magic of bridging, also from Bluesky. Blacksky, and other ATmosphere apps. Hooray!
But, it's not always as straightforward as it could be, so here's a quick how-to guide.
And, no matter what platform you're participating from, please make sure you're aligned with the community guidelines!
Note: I've done my best to test out these instructions, but there may still be some mistakes or situations where they don't work. Feedback welcome, either here or at my Mastodon account at thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange or bluesky account @thenexusofprivacy.net
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- If you see a post from here in your feed on GoToSocial, Mastodon, Glitch, Piefed or another Fediverse platform, you should be able to interact with it just like any other post. (At least in theory -- If you run into problems, please let me know.)
- Replies to threads here are public by default, and may wind up indexed by search engines.
- If you've opted in to Bridgy Fed, replies to threads here are generally likely be bridged to Bluesky, unless you're replying to somebody who hasn't opted in.
- If you're looking at a page on discussions.thenexus.today and want to reply, like, or boost it, the usual trick of copying the link from the address bar in the browser into your search box doesn't always work. Instead, you need to copy the link from the post's timestamp.
- on a Mac, control-click on the timestamp, and then select "Copy link to post" from the menu
- on an iPhone, press the timestamp, and then select Copy Link from the menu.
- on Linux, Windows, or Android ... hmm not sure, let me know and I'll update the post.
Here's what it looks like on a Mac
- to follow an account here, you can search for it in the usual way (jon's account for example is [jon](discussions.thenexus.today/use…)\@discussions.thenexus.today) and then follow it as you would any other account
- to follow a category here, you can either search for the "category actor" (for example \@public@discussions.thenexus.today for all public posts), or just go to the category page and copy the link from the address bar
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- Replies from Bluesky, Blacksy, and other ATmosphere apps are only federated here if you've opted in to Bridgy Fed, which connects Fediverse sites to Bluesky. An important caveat here is that opting in to Bridgy Fed makes all your Bluesky posts available in the Fediverse as well!
- you can follow an account here by following its bridged account. The handle is @[account name].discussions.thenexus.today.ap.brid.gy
- as far as I know, it isn't yet possible to follow a category from the ATmosphere
From Threads
- discussions.thenexus.today does not federate with Threads, so hopefully there's no way to participate in discussions from there. If you do find a way, please let me know, because that means there's a bug somewhere!
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Another way you can load discussions here into Fediverse is to copy the address bar, but add a post index to the end.
For example, /topic/123 might not load, but /topic/123/1 would, since it's a pointer to the first post.
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Fellow pirates, How to download all the liked videos/song from YT music.
I have tried using yt download but am not able to find any option for such a case.
So something like, a tool which allows YouTube login and then pull all the songs/video.
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All your liked videos are at youtube.com/playlist?list=LL, and all your liked songs are at music.youtube.com/playlist?lis… .
I would try using yt-dlp. First, download your cookies from YouTube into a file (e.g. youtubecookies.txt). I like the cookies.txt Firefox extension for downloading the cookies.
Then run:
yt-dlp --cookies youtubecookies.txt "https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=LM"There are a lot of options to yt-dlp, so you'll want to look into those.
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Video/Audio downloader designed and themed with Material Youf-droid.org
Usually I recommend using cobalt.tools for downloading either the video or the audio file. Unfortunately, cobalt.tools isn't able to download from Youtube at the moment due to restrictions from Youtubes side.
I found a workaround, albeit it is a bit complicated, but suitable for an occasional download:
I installed FreeTube. Each video offers download options. However, if you want a better quality than 360p, it offers to download video and audio separately. Look for the highest quality. Both video and audio file can be merged using VLC player after downloading.
After selecting the desired file(s) in FreeTube, you deternine where the files are to be saved, and then the download starts. There is no visual confirmation that the file is being downloaded. Eventually it appears on your computer. The download is slow, it takes almost the duration of the video that is to be downloaded.
After downloading both the video and the audio file, open them in VLC. Follow one of the guides when searching for video audio merge vlc. You can also save the merged file.
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cobalt lets you save what you love without ads, tracking, paywalls or other nonsense. just paste the link and you're ready to rock!cobalt.tools
Liked Videos and Liked Music are private playlists, they have a generic URL and you can only access them by being logged in. I have two methods to download Liked Videos:
- Install a desktop app video downloader, most of them have the option to download an entire playlist.
- They also have an option to add a cookies file so you can download private playlists, such as Liked Videos or Watch Later
- Log in to YouTube in your browser
- Export the cookies from the browser
- Import them to the desktop app
- Download Liked Videos
That's what you're supposed to do, however i never got that to work. If it doesn't work, you can transfer all your liked videos from the private playlist to a public playlist. Here's what i do:
- Create a new playlist called Downloads, and make it public; it now has its own specific URL, unlike the generic URL of Liked VIdeos
- Install the YouTube Multiselect browser extention
- Use Multiselect to select every video in Liked Videos and add it to Downloads
- Use the desktop app to download the Downloads playlist
This is how i download my private playlists like Watch Later or Liked Videos, i assume it also works for Liked Music
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Use yt-dlp with a cookies file and your liked videos playlist like @RinseChessBacked@lemmy.ml said.
Use yt-dlp with the -U flag to make sure it’s updated. The default settings are best audio and video quality. If you wanna get just the audio, install ffmpeg according to the instructions on the yt-dlp page (download ffmpeg and unpack it somewhere, tell yt-dlp where it is with the path-tp-ffmpeg flag) and tell yt-dlp what format you want.
You do not need to use a website or gui. They are all based on yt-dlp anyway and are often old, outdated and have wrong settings. Literally just use yt-dlp all other offered solutions are incorrect.
‘Out here all alone’: Texas health officials’ pleas for help were ignored by CDC as measles cases grew, report says
Public health officials in Texas were met with little to no response from CDC officials when they first reported a measles outbreak earlier this year, according to a new report
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Burner phones, wiped socials: the extreme precautions for visitors to Trump’s America
Horror stories about detainments at the border have also soured some from visiting during Trump’s second term
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Trump Order to Kill Cashless Bail Will Exacerbate Inequality While Doing Nothing to Fight Crime, Experts Say
"Cash bail is a system that preys on poor people," Wanda Bertram, of the Prison Policy Institute, told Common Dreams.
Iran demands concrete international action to end Israel’s genocide and occupation in Palestine
Iran claims the idea of “Greater Israel”, articulated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently, was not an empty threat but a real zionist ambition backed by the US and other Western powers.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/peoplesdispa…
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Brazil's government says it will buy some domestic products hit by Trump's tariffs
Brazil’s government says it will buy several domestic products that have been hit by the 50% higher U.S. tariffs on the country’s exports.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/apnews.com/a…
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Konkursa komuniko kaŭzis konfuzon
Gazetara komuniko de UEA pri du sciencaj konkursoj kaŭzis ampleksajn diskutojn kaj kritikon. Ĉu ĵuriano kaj kunordiganto de la konkursoj premiis sin mem? Laŭ Amri Wandel tamen neniam estiĝis konflikto de interesoj.
Universala Esperanto-Asocio la 16-an de aŭgusto publikigis iom konfuzan gazetaran komunikon pri la rezultoj de du sciencaj konkursoj kaj pri la scienca programo de la ĵus […]
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Draft how-to for people in the fediverse to follow and paricipate in NodeBB discussions
Several people told me they couldn't figure out how to reply to a NodeBB conversation if they just had a link to the post, and yeah it is kind of non-obvious. So I decided to write something up on that as well as a few other quirks. Here's what I've got so far ... feedback welcome!
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Several people told me they couldn't figure out how to reply to a NodeBB conversation if they just had a link to the post, and yeah it is kind of non-obvious. So I decided to write something up on that as well as a few other quirks.SocialHub
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Jon-Pincus hey check out that topic loading from within this NodeBB ;)
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Boy, 4, drowns after Amish mom threw him in lake ‘to give him to God’
Vincent Miller and his father, 45-year-old Marcus Miller, died in Atwood Lake during family visit
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Like Intel before it, AMD blames motherboard makers for burnt-out CPUs
Users of X3D CPUs in ASRock motherboards seem to be at particularly high risk.
US | Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law, sources say
President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act, two sources familiar with the matter said, over U.S. complaints that the law censors Americans and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies.
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Congress issues subpoena seeking ‘all entries’ from Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book
Representative James Comer said the subpoena 'may further the Committee’s investigation and legislative goals'
UK to clarify definition of ‘honour’-based abuse in drive to cut violence against women and girls
Law change, professional training and awareness campaign part of Labour’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls
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Child sex abuse victim begs Elon Musk to remove links to her images
BBC investigation finds US victim's images are traded globally by an operator based in Indonesia.
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Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show
Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
American Eagle Sydney Sweeney Backlash Amplified by Fake TikTok Profiles
- Within a week of launch, American Eagle’s 2025 ad campaign suffered a 4,000% increase in negative sentiment, fuelled by 2.7 million engagements and 881 million potential views.
- 15% of the profiles commenting on TikTok were fake profiles, that strategically spread harmful narratives and boycott calls
- Content by fake profiles received over 77,000 engagements, significantly amplifying the controversy
American Eagle Sydney Sweeney Backlash Amplified by Fake TikTok Profiles
Research reveals 15% of American Eagle's TikTok campaign critics were fake accounts that generated 77,000+ engagements, turning a normal ad into a PR crisis. Learn how brands can detect and counter inauthentic activity.Rotem Baruchin (Cyabra)
44 US Attorneys General demand Big Tech end predatory AI targeting of kids
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The letter, sent to Google, Meta, Microsoft, Open AI, xAI, Anthropic, Character Technologies, Perplexity AI, Apple, Chai AI, Luka Inc., Nomi AI, and Replika addresses alarming reports of AI chatbots engaging in sexually inappropriate conversations with kids.“As these companies race toward an AI-powered future, they cannot adopt policies that subject kids to sexualized content and conversations,” said Attorney General Skrmetti. “It’s one thing for an algorithm to go astray— that can be fixed— but it’s another for people running a company to adopt guidelines that affirmatively authorize grooming.”
The attorneys general urge AI developers to act with integrity and caution when young users may engage with their products. They demand that company policies for AI products incorporate guardrails against sexualizing children. AI companies must “see children through the eyes of a parent, not the eyes of a predator.”
Linux is 34 years old today — Linus Torvalds meekly announced this free new OS in the comp.os.minix newsgroup on this day in 1991
From its roots of being 'just a hobby, [which] won’t be big and professional like GNU' it has come a long way.
Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Migration” Explains Targeting of DC, LA, Mexico, Venezuela
Government takes a page out of Iraq WMD
Google says NotebookLM's Video Overviews now support 80 languages, and Audio Overviews now provide more detailed non-English summaries
NotebookLM's Video Overviews are now available in 80 languages
Learn more about updates to NotebookLM’s Audio and Video Overview tools.Sam Dealy (Google)
TSMC cuts Chinese tools from cutting-edge chip production to avoid US ire
World's top chipmaker shifts 2-nm tool sourcing as American investment accelerates
Pakistan hadn’t requested for US support during Operation Sindoor: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar denies Trump’s role in ceasefire
Operation Sindoor: Dy PM Dar admitted that Pakistan itself had asked for a ceasefire after suffering losses during the Indian offensive.
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Germany pledges to provide Ukraine with €9bn annually
Germany has pledged to provide Ukraine with €9 billion annually over the next few years.
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Norway to allocate about US$8.5 billion to support Ukraine in 2026
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has announced that his country plans to allocate US$8.5 billion to support Ukraine next year.
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Canada | Pride parade cancelled after being halted by pro-Palestinian protesters
'Pride is not for sale,' says Queers for Palestine in statement
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Ukraine now has its own weapons to strike deep into Russia without US approval, Zelenskyy says
Zelenskyy said Ukraine hadn't been discussing long-range attacks with the US, after a new report said the Pentagon had blocked some ATACMS strikes.
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Trump says China has to give US magnets or face 200% tariff
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that China has to give the United States magnets or "we have to charge them 200% tariff or something" amid a trade dispute between the two nations.
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But you really can't. US is a lot more dependent on China than China is on the US.
Also 200% tarrif is a meanigless number. At 100% the trade basically stops anyway.
[Bug Report] Link description should be trimmed in the web client and Jerboa for Android.
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AMD Threadripper 9980X 64-Core CPU Review & Benchmarks
- AMD’s new 9980X Threadripper moves to the Zen5 architecture
- On the gaming side, there are sometimes issues with consistency
- The 9980X is anywhere from 2% to 58% improved upon the 7980X in our benchmarks
AMD Threadripper 9980X 64-Core CPU Review & Benchmarks | GamersNexus
CPUs AMD Threadripper 9980X 64-Core CPU Review & Benchmarks August 25, 2025 Last Updated: 2025-08-25 We compare the 9980X vs previous Threadripper CPUs (like the 7980X) and against desktop-class CPUs (like the Intel 285K and AMD Ryzen 9950X) The High…gamersnexus.net
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in reply to Pro • • •Whatever the hell I do outside the playstore is none of Googles business and though this too is handwaved away by claiming improved security, we all know this has fuck all to do with security.
This is just again Google being a monopoly and wanting to stay that way by pushing out other developers
I guarantee you that newpipe devs will not be able to get verified, and now Google can block yet another app
Fuck. google. (Also apple and gicrosoft
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in reply to astropenguin5 • • •What? Graphene OS only runs on Google Pixel devices.
Even ROMs with wider hardware support like Lineage OS only run on expensive devices too (Or very old discontinued ones that you can't find anywhere and have no firmware or kernel updates).
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in reply to astropenguin5 • • •Run? Probably. Work flawlessly? Questionable. It needs to be built (as with every OS update) for every specific device. The developers only do builds for pixel devices (faq). You can take the source and build it for your device. I have no idea how you'd even begin to do that or what that would entail, but most probably, you'd to be able to add drivers for things like fingerprint sensors or cameras unless you are ok with losing access to some functionalities.
My understanding is that phones are hard to support with one "do all" operating system. Thats why all manufacturers take AOSP and modify it with their own code - specific to each device and make builds for each. A bit different mentality to what we do on PCs, where one build of an operating system will just work everywhere.
GrapheneOS Frequently Asked Questions
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in reply to Seefra 1 • • •Then make sure your next device is capable of running linear joes without Google Play services before you purchase it.
These days I do not make a phone purchase without making sure it will run lineage OS first.
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in reply to Seefra 1 • • •When I purchased my device in 2023, I purchased the OnePlus Nord N200 5G, which was released in 2021, brand new in the box, because it supported Lineage OS, and I'm still using it today.
It's because I only charge my phone between 30 and 80%. It still has less than 400 charge cycles on the battery. And so I'm basically using a 4-year-old device as a 2-year-old device and it still works fine with lineage OS.
I also paid $300 for it brand new in the box.
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in reply to shortwavesurfer • • •Unfortunately $300 is still the double if what I'm willing to pay for a phone, I paid 150 for my spyware phone, and while I hate the lack of privacy and freedom such device provides, it does everything I need it to do with the apps from f-droid. I just don't use it for anything that requires secrecy.
I guess I will just stop updating when the new "feature" rolls out and see what happens.
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in reply to Seefra 1 • • •Yeah, I'm not sure just how low of a device you can get and get Lineage OS on it. I know that I generally don't pay less than about 300 for devices because otherwise they get too slow for my use case.
I definitely don't need a $700 device or above, but 300 to about 400 is my sweet spot.
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in reply to Pro • • •I'm praying that there's a toggle like for play protect
I don't want an iOS clone
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in reply to eleitl • • •This isn't about you.
Also this kind of liberal argument of, 'The gestapo cannot catch me because I bought skates!' is stupid and tiring.
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in reply to cmhe • • •If the gestapo outlaws skates and I can't get them on the black market and the society is fine with concentration camps that's also allright. I'm too old to care.
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in reply to rdri • • •It doesn't say but it would make sense to check the certs periodically and not just on install.
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