Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration
Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration
After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores …Hackaday
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Mastodon: Our ideas about Packs
Our ideas about Packs
Sharing our thoughts and plans behind sharing collections of accounts in the Fediverse.Mastodon Blog
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Re: Mastodon: Our ideas about Packs
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Physics Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on quantum computing
Physics Nobel: Three win prize for paving way for very powerful computers
The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.Georgina Rannard (BBC News)
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UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil
UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil
Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenesEmma Bryce (The Guardian)
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Just bring back those big beautiful Steam Locomotives from the old black and white westerns. It is something we’re considering, the concept of ‘locomotive.’ Nice two-inch side, solid steel. Not aluminum, aluminum that melts if it looks at a car sitting on the track. Starts melting as the car’s about two miles away.I am a very aesthetic person. I don’t like some of the trains they're doing aesthetically. They say, ‘Oh, it’s fast.’ That’s not fast. An ugly train is not necessary in order to say you’re fast.
-@RealDonaldTrump
Trump’s plan for Gaza rewards Israel’s genocide and punishes its victims
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GE-Proton10-20 Released
HOTFIX:
- removed unnecessary webview2 patch (fixes Forza Horizon 5 login never opening)
- added workaround to allow darkwinter software region version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium to work
About webview2 patches:
Originally in wine 9 a stub was introduced which fixes/allows webview2 to install properly. This fixed webview2 installation for vermintide 2 as well as the Haoplay version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium. Unfortunately the Haoplay version requires additional missing functionality in wine to work properly (it currently is still broken), so supplementary webview2 patches were added which were proposed to upstream wine for a merge request (separate from the original stub that was accepted). The additional patches were not accepted, and in addition, broke the login prompt for Forza Horizon 5. Additionally they did not help with getting the Haoplay version of Girls frontline 2: Exilium to work, therefore there is no point in keeping them.
As of now without the supplemental patches FH5 login and the Darkwinter Software version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium are working. The difference between the Darkwinter Software version and the Haoplay version is only in region coverage. Darkwinter Software covers North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, while Haoplay covers most European countries and the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
Release GE-Proton10-20 Released · GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom
HOTFIX: removed unnecessary webview2 patch (fixes Forza Horizon 5 login never opening) added workaround to allow darkwinter software region version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium to work About web...GitHub
SOLVED: Ethernet stopped working hours after installation. Wifi works OK.
Another Windows migrant here. I can’t get my ethernet to work but wifi works OK. I am almost certain that when I installed Debian Trixie with KDE Plasma a few weeks ago, ethernet worked but it stopped a day or so later. Info Centre reports:
2: enp0s25: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 54:ee:75:52:01:23 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname enx54ee75520123
3: enx0050b6c0f7f3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:50:b6:c0:f7:f3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.92/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enx0050b6c0f7f3
valid_lft 3419sec preferred_lft 2969sec
inet6 fe80::8437:d694:3204:62ff/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft foreverI deleted the wired connection in System Settings | Wi-Fi & Networking and it was recreated which probably suggests the ethernet connection is detected even if the fields there are all blank. Also, the internet traffic plasmoid shows enx0050b6c0f7f3 with around 1/5 of the cumulative traffic of wifi.
I tried the obvious things, just in case. I disabled the firewall, restarted the router, deleted the wired connection, played with settings in Wi-Fi & Networking and tried dhcpcd.
$ sudo dhcpcd
main: control_open: Connection refused
dhcpcd-10.1.0 starting
dev: loaded udev
DUID 00:01:00:01:30:54:2e:d5:00:50:b6:c0:f7:f3
wlp4s0: connected to Access Point: glocal
enp0s25: waiting for carrier
enx0050b6c0f7f3: IAID b6:c0:f7:f3
wlp4s0: IAID 86:9b:42:5e
enx0050b6c0f7f3: soliciting an IPv6 router
wlp4s0: soliciting an IPv6 router
wlp4s0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.122
wlp4s0: probing address 192.168.1.122/24
enx0050b6c0f7f3: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.216
enx0050b6c0f7f3: leased 192.168.1.216 for 3600 seconds
enx0050b6c0f7f3: adding route to 192.168.1.0/24
enx0050b6c0f7f3: adding default route via 192.168.1.254and
sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service returns●NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service;enabled; preset: enabled)
Active:active (running)since Sun 2025-10-12 23:59:31 BST; 47min ago
Invocation: a3faea14d3dc48e29a2e2d27750ca082
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 98676 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 9149)
Memory: 6.3M (peak: 7.1M)
CPU: 2.457s
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
└─98676 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
Oct 13 00:03:10 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310190.8454] dhcp4 (wlp4s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Oct 13 00:03:10 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310190.8623] dhcp4 (wlp4s0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.85, acd pending
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0217] dhcp4 (wlp4s0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.85
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0237] policy: set 'glocal' (wlp4s0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0440] device (wlp4s0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0839] device (wlp4s0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0841] device (wlp4s0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.0855] device (wlp4s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Oct 13 00:03:11 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760310191.1033] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlp4s0" ifindex=4 args="2000" pid=1511 uid=1000 result="succe>
Oct 13 00:33:10 tpkde NetworkManager[98676]: <info> [1760311990.8671] dhcp4 (wlp4s0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.85Not sure if this is relevant, but DCHP is handled by pi.hole on a Raspberry Pi. This has been working serving multiple devices for a long time without issues. Also, this is temporarily a dual boot Windows/Linux setup. When I log out and into Windows, everything works as ever.
After several days trying, I ran out of ideas. Can someone help please.
EDIT: SOLVED! In case it helps others, reading wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager closely, I ran nmcli device which showed that specific ethernet interface as 'unmanaged'. I am not sure why. Then, I followed the instructions below:
If you want NetworkManager to handle interfaces that are enabled in/etc/network/interfaces:Set
managed=truein a drop-in file in/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.d/or directly in/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.
Debian documentation could be more accessible, but it is invaluable. Thanks all for your help.
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Might as well reinstall at this point and for future reference. You shouldn't just delete your network connection and firewall and throw stuff at the wall to fix it. A lot of this stuff is set up by a script during install and it only runs once so if you break it, you are going to need much deeper knowledge to fix it without a reinstall. You likely made new problems which makes finding your actual issue nearly impossible now. If you have a single issue it's easier to find. If you have two issues there is no way to know if anything you did actually fixed it unless you get lucky and fix both issues at once.
This sounds obvious but I recently didn't realize that you had to click on the network connections and actually click, connect, to get it to connect on Ethernet in my distro. This is a quirk that I didn't realize that Linux had. Windows just automatically connects to Ethernet, Linux probably doesn't do this because it's a security risk.
This seems like the type of issue that chatGPT could really help with. With a few console commands you could verify that the system is seeing the network adapter and is communicating with it properly and try to list the networks directly, giving you a better clue as to where the chain is broken.
Either way might as well reinstall at this point.
North Carolina Republicans Plan to Redraw Congressional Map to Add a Seat
The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.
Makes it really critical for Democratic-leaning stated to counter the national gerrymandering effort by Republicans, both by passing Prop. 50 in California and launching similar measures in other states
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World Bank raises China growth forecast to 4.8% despite U.S. trade tensions
World Bank raises China growth forecast to 4.8% despite U.S. trade tensions
The World Bank now projects 4.8% growth for China, up from 4.0% predicted earlier this year.Evelyn Cheng (CNBC)
Italy bans pro-Palestinian October 7 demonstration in Bologna as tensions rise
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50478393
Italy bans pro-Palestinian October 7 demonstration in Bologna as tensions rise
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Despite the bans, several hundred pro-Pal protesters took to the streets in Turin and Bologna to sing the praises of the October 7 massacre,
Lol talk about spin
Myanmar Junta Strike Kills at Least 32 on Buddhist Festival of Light
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/52965336
Several children were among at least 32 people killed and over 50 injured on Monday night when junta paragliders bombed a peaceful candlelight vigil in Sagaing Region’s Chaung-U Township.
EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/43656968
ArchivedEU governments have agreed to limit the travel of Russian diplomats within the bloc, in response to a surge in sabotage attempts that intelligence agencies say are often led by spies operating under diplomatic cover.
Moscow-sponsored intelligence operatives have been blamed for escalating provocations against Nato states — from arson and cyber attacks to infrastructure sabotage and drone incursions — in what EU security services call a co-ordinated campaign to destabilise Kyiv’s European allies.
The proposed rules will force Russian diplomats posted in EU capitals to inform other governments of their travel plans before crossing beyond the border of their host country.
The initiative, championed by the Czech Republic, is part of a fresh set of sanctions being drawn up by Brussels in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The package requires unanimous support to be adopted. Hungary, the last country opposed to the measure, has dropped its veto, two people briefed on the negotiations said.
[...]
EU intelligence agencies say that Russian spies, posing as diplomats, often run assets or operations beyond their host countries, in order to better elude counter-espionage surveillance.
“They are posted to one place — but work in another,” said a senior EU diplomat, citing intelligence reports. “The host country intelligence services know what they are up to but, if they cross the border, it can be harder for that country to keep tabs on them.”
[...]
’’There is no ‘Schengen for Russia,’ so it makes no sense that a Russian diplomat accredited in Spain can come to Prague whenever he likes,’’ he told the FT. ‘‘We should apply strict reciprocity to the issuance of short-stay, diplomatic visas under the Vienna Convention.”
In 2014 the Czech Republic suffered one of Russia’s worst sabotage attacks on EU soil when explosions at an ammunition warehouse in Vrbětice killed two people. Prague attributed the attack to agents from Russia’s foreign intelligence agency GRU.
EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount
Intelligence agencies say sabotage operations are often led by spies posing as diplomatsHenry Foy (Financial Times)
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University defends new Kazakhstan campus amid human rights concerns
Cardiff University defends Kazakhstan campus amid concerns
Hundreds of students have started lectures at the new campus, which is 3,712 miles from Cardiff.Bethan Lewis (BBC News)
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Herzlians repeatedly oversimplify the Orthodox Jewish opposition to Zionism as a mere question of timing: if the Moshiach arrived, then Orthodox Jews would support Zionism. In reality, the occupation violates numerous Judaic rules: its very founding in 1948 involved the theft of land as well as the slaughter of innocents.
A few weeks ago I was rereading Isaiah, and while I am well aware that it could not possibly have been referring to events in the distant future, it could hardly be more relevant today. Isaiah 3:
G-d enters the courtroom.
He takes his place at the bench to judge his people.
G-d calls for order in the court,
hauls the leaders of his people into the dock:
“You’ve played havoc with this country.
Your houses are stuffed with what you’ve stolen from the poor.
What is this anyway? Stomping on my people,
grinding the faces of the poor into the dirt?”
Doom to you who buy up all the houses
and grab all the land for yourselves—
Evicting the old owners,
posting no trespassing signs,
Taking over the country,
leaving everyone homeless and landless.
I overheard G-d-of-the-Angel-Armies say:
“Those mighty houses will end up empty.
Those extravagant estates will be deserted.
A ten-acre vineyard will produce a pint of wine,
a fifty-pound sack of seed, a quart of grain.”
(Emphasis added.)
Isaiah 3 | MSG Bible | YouVersion
Jerusalem on Its Last Legs -7The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,is emptying Jerusalem and JudahOf all the basic necessities,plain bread and water to begin with.He’s withdrawing police and protYouVersion | The Bible App | Bible.com
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Milei performs at rock concert in front of 15,000 people to save the election campaign
Milei performs at rock concert in front of 15,000 people to save the election campaign
The president of Argentina sang covers of popular songs as a way of presenting his latest book, ‘The Construction of a Miracle,’ ahead of a key vote later this monthFederico Rivas Molina (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
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Jake Paul Invites Users to Fake Him on Sora, So They Immediately Use It to Make Him Gay and Obsessed With Makeup
Jake Paul Invites Users to Fake Him on Sora, So They Immediately Use It to Make Him Gay and Obsessed With Makeup
Sora 2 users started sharing clips of influencer Jake Paul coming out of the closet and giving makeup tutorials.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
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Climate Summit 2025 | United Nations
Climate Summit 2025 | United Nations
24 September 2025: To accelerate momentum, the UN Secretary-General will host a Special High-Level Event on Climate Action on 24 September 2025, as a platform for leaders to present their new national climate plans.United Nations
French influencer Amine Mojito faces prison sentence for syringe prank videos
French influencer Amine Mojito faces prison sentence for syringe prank videos
The 27 year old content creator was fined 1 500 will serve six months in custody with the remaining six suspendedPop Culture & Art (The Express Tribune)
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There is so much stupid here:
- people watching this
- people actually liking this
- why not stage it? A few friends no one is the wiser
- AI could have done this too no point in real people at all
He deserves jail time, as over used as this word is, that does strike fear.... Terror if you will. Nobody deserves that when they are in public.
'influencer' - no, this person is a menace to society.
Rosanna Pansino is an influencer, Marques Brownlee is an influencer, JerryRigEverything is an influencer.
This guy is just a 'prankster' and live streamer. Influencers rarely if ever do live streams. They make carefully curated videos that are largely marketing as entertainment.
Pranksters just cause trouble.
The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About
The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About
The Dahiya doctrine and Hannibal directive are key to making sense of Israel's actions in Gaza over the past two years, and yet the BBC hasn't mentioned them once in its coverage since 7 October 2023. Harriet Williamson reports.Novara Media
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First sentence is wrong:
Since 7 October 2023, Israel has waged a brutal war on Gaza
It was Hamas that invaded Israel on Oct 7th starting a brutal war they had no hope of winning, killing 65,000 civilians which they have admitted they are ok with dying for the publicity
Stopped after that, sounds like more left wing opinionated bullshit to me
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People like this want you conflate "the country of Israel" with "all ethnic/religious Jewish people everywhere"
It allows them to more easily call people antisemitic when you criticize the Israeli government.
Even IF Israeli intelligence hadn't ignored reports of potential attacks, and even IF they hadn't intentionally lowered security in order to make potential attacks worse, all in order to give them and excuse to do the thing they already wanted to do, committing genocide in response is a FULL FUCKING STOP "no"
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Antisemitism refers specifically to hatred against Jews, not all Semitic people in general.
Just like antibiotics don't kill all biological life. Words have meaning.
Yeah: how come Israel now pretends that Arabs are not semitic??
& how come everybody's been accommodating that?
"Anti-semitic" originally meant anti semitic people, which included Jews & Arabs, both..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_…
And multiple other peoples, too! ( I didn't know, until now! : )
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I like how you casually claim Hamas held Israeli territory IN THE FRONTIER OF OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN LAND.
FFS. The Gaza Prison Breakout is analogous to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a response to 75 years of ethnic cleansing and shooting children in the knees for sport, 16 years of illegal military land sea and air siege where Israel calculated the caloric input to keep Palestinians in Gaza on a "starvation plus" diet.
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I've never read about Palestinian children or moms or civilians attacking Israel in any way shape or form and yet the vast VAST VAST majority of these victims of GENOCIDE are innocent civilians that had NOTHING to do with Hamas.
I wouldn't t give a single fuck if Israel obliterated every last member of Hamas in the sort of targeted surgical strikes that an advanced military/intelligence power like Israel is capable of, but instead they chose to level Gaza and starve it's people into submission. Not even Putin's Russia have been so egregious with their targeting of innocent civilians, meanwhile Gaza has an 83% CIVILIAN CASUALTY RATE
Stop wasting time trying to convince people blatant genocide isn't genocide. Stop being a fucking genocidal Nazi.
ttbomk, hamas won't allow non-involvement:
They won't permit any social-services to be neutral, they won't permit any operating-business to be neutral, they won't tolerate neutrality.
Same as the zionists won't.
Ideology is threatened by neutrality, so they force-eradicate it, wherever it tries growing.
Leninism eradicates considered-reasoning from "education" in order to produce the ideological-population that Leninism wants,
exactly the same as the Republicans eradicate considered-reasoning from their "education", in order to *produce the ideological-population that their ideology wants.*
Ideology HATES neutrality, rabidly
The ONLY way that Palestine could possibly have been kept from this, is if decades ago the UN had displaced all the ideologues from authority in the territory, & absolutely-blocked them from from even influencing gov't, essential-services, education, etc, until 3-ish generations of people had grown-up in that considered-reasoning-and-meritocracy paradigm,
& then the ideologues-murdering-considered-reasoning-from-our-world would be retired-out from all authority
( Max Planck's ~ Science progresses funeral by funeral: as the old-guard die off, the population becomes made-of people who grew-up-with the new paradigm, & they accept it ~ is exactly this principle, simply in a different domain )
But NO ideology would tolerate that: not zionist not hamas.
So, genociding it is, then, inevitably..
Until the rampaging-rabies has overwhelmed the entire world, all religions, all political-ideologies, all food-insecurity-migrations, all supremacisms, all together, combined, & then humankind can manufacture the "apocalypse" that makes its unconscious-mind/ego feel important ( which is mostly what's really going on, during this ClimatePunctuation, tbh )
The Great Filter: unconscious-mind's ego-rabies rampaging in a manufactured ClimatePunctuation, trying to prove that ego-importance and unconscious-ignorance is "THE ONLY GOD", until .. until there's nothing left.
We're failing The Great Filter, iow, & digging our world-species's grave, with every such torquing/ignoring.
Here's another angle:
Have you noticed that the "populist" ideologues are gaining power throughout the West?
They're no-more tolerating of neutrality than hamas or the zionists are.
It isn't just the people in Palestine who got highjacked & machiavellianly pwned, it is us, too!
We're just not-yet at the final-butchery stage, yet ( wait a few more years, & look around the remains of our countries .. & see, then, what happens when right-wing ideologues, equivalents to hamas, rule our countries )
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ttbomk, the "fear the Jews: they are behind all evil" conspiracist-nationalists do hold such things to be true.
And they are vocal about it, so your not having heard about such things doesn't mean that such assertions are not made.
I was told, a few decades ago, that in Europe the centuries-long sequence went sorta like this:
- Jews are farmers
- conspiracist-nationalists spread fear about "Jews are taking/owning all our farmland", so therefore..
- farmland gets taken away from Jews, which means, that they have to earn a living by other means, so therefore
- they become clockmakers, lawyers, doctors, etc, which therefore
- creates leverage for conspiracists to assert that they're conspiring & taking all these skilled-work jobs, because it's their world-subjugation program..
etc..
IOW, it doesn't matter what people do: prejudice is going to claim "justification", relentlessly.
Machiavellianism is a mental-illness, or worse, a hardwiring-of-brain.
Here's some objectivity, however..
statista.com/statistics/142230…
Israel & Palestinian territories: number of fatalities & injuries caused by the Israel & Hamas war 2023| Statista
Since the terrorist organization Hamas launched its attacks on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023, around 1,200 Israelis died, and 5,431 were injured.Statista
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This whole site has strong bias and mixed facts see this link :
Bias Rating: FAR LEFT
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: United Kingdom
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
Also , the BBC is deliberately being targeted of foreign disinformation and influence campaigns, particularly from state-sponsored actors seeking to discredit its reporting. Not saying they are perfect, but they are discredited by the Zino- Rizzian propaganda machine.
Novara Media - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
LEFT BIAS These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation.Media Bias Fact Check
that Novara Media is quite transparent about its bias.
Had never heard of this site before, that's why I checked.
has a left-wing bias
So does reality.
But some people are, perplexingly, still concerned with "being fair".
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Opposing objective bad things is not biases. Israel is the settler colonial power who been occupying Gaza and the west bank for 57 years and oppressing Palestinians for 78 years
Once Israel end occupation, i will stop criticizing Israel
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You are not discussing in good faith.
Added.
Ah I see , you edited your original comment I reacted to,, by adding a whole new context; after I had reacted. Talking about good faith. Well, whatever.
Careful with these kind of bias or fact checkers, as they're only relevant on the left/center/right axis, which is a biased framework in and of itself. A centered position, which these checkers claim to be the least biased, are absolutely dependant on the Overton window and that window is currently so far off to the right, that any slightly leftist position might seem radical or even unthinkable.
It also only makes sense, if you are some kind of hyper centrist, absolutely ignoring what "right" and "left" actually mean and then proclaim that the center is a good thing and any extreme perspective off from the center is a bad thing. That's either willfully ignorant or a right-wing perspective trying to appease to unpolitical people.
This fact checker also proclaims mixed factual reporting in their summary, but in the segment it says "Failed Fact Checks: None in the Last 5 years". This is dumb and misleading.
One can see this kind of bias by them branding "concern for climate change, and racial-social equality" as far-left perspectives, while a sane person would see these things as the fucking bare minimum. Everything less than that is de facto regressive and right-wing.
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Ofc. But you are only talking about the Left/ Right Pol. spectrum. Its the " Mixed Reporting" bit which to me is relevant.
Also, if I were to report for example about Trump from the Rep. or Right side, would you say the same? Or if I used a zionist new-soutlet. Not that I would though, it's an example.
Failed Fact ChecksNone in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Novara Media Far-Left Biased based on editorial positions that favor anti-capitalism and the promotion of Luxury Communism. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to the use of poor sources and one-sided hyper-partisan perspectives. (D. Van Zandt 05/08/2022) Updated (02/21/2024)
Reason number what 20 why mbfc is terrible at being both a bias checker and fact checker.
Moroccan court upholds 30-month sentence for feminist over blasphemous t-shirt
Moroccan court upholds 30-month sentence for feminist activist over blasphemous t-shirt
Ibtissame Lachgar was sentenced to 30 months in prison last month after posting online a picture of herself wearing a T-shirt with the word 'Allah' in Arabic followed by 'is lesbian.'Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
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Madagascar president names army general as prime minister amid youth-led protests
Madagascar president names army general as prime minister amid youth-led protests
Madagascar has been rocked by nearly two weeks of youth-led protests over crippling power cuts and economic hardship, posing the biggest challenge yet to President Andry Rajoelina's rule.Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
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We’ve seen this playbook happen in Egypt, Syria, Thailand
Democracy through protest, seems to sadly be weak to Authoritarianism, I’m depressed for acknowledging it.
Its ok because when that is acknowledged then people know where to build off of
Biggest thing is growing online community to affect in-person for a lot better
Like Myanmar's NUG but all the people together in a shared real-time online community 3rd space on Stoat, and Matrix (Element)
Collective power changes everything super quickly
First day of Hamas-Israel talks in Egypt ends on 'positive' note, mediators say
First day of Hamas-Israel talks in Egypt ends on 'positive' note, mediators say
The first day of indirect talks between Hamas and Israel concluded in Cairo on Monday 'amid a positive atmosphere,' with US President Donald Trump saying Hamas is agreeing 'to things that are very important.'Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)
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Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactableGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Imagine his reaction when he comes back.
Also, this should be posted on "Not the onion" and not for anywhere else!
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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of "terrible" conditions as accommodation provider makes millions.Tarah Welsh (BBC News)
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Venezuela announces closure of embassies in Norway and Australia
The closures are part of the "strategic re-assignation of resources," the government says.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/straitstimes…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Venezuela announces closure of embassies in Norway and Australia
The closures are part of the "strategic re-assignation of resources," the government says. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
The announcement occurred just days after the Nobel Committee in Oslo announced that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy in the South American country.
Russia says Gaza prisoner exchange ‘won’t solve anything’ without Palestinian state
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that while the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners is a positive step, it will not bring lasting peace unless a full-fledged Palestinian state is established in accordance with UN resolutions, Anadolu reports.
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Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining
Sales are down 63 percent in the third quarter
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Tesla Cybertruck sales are down 63 percent in the third quarter, as Elon Musk’s post-apocalyptic EV continues to falter.Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge)
Around 250,000 protest Dutch government's Israel policy in the Netherlands
There are also protests in Berlin (9 days ago):
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Meanwhile /r/europe deleted the post of the Berlin protest:
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Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report
Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report
Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)
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MAGA falls for fake TPUSA halftime show poster promising performances by Kid Rock and ‘Measles’
‘WOW: It’s official. It’s happening,’ one MAGA influencer tweeted, adding: ‘This is how we win.’
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BroBot9000
in reply to mesa • • •Google can go fuck itself.
Hopefully this will put some jet fuel into the Linux phone development.
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grrgyle
in reply to BroBot9000 • • •I'm checking out Graphene OS next week and pretty pumped about it. This Google ratfucking has been just the push I need to get off Android.
And obviously I haven't stopped telling people around me haha
Mihies
in reply to grrgyle • • •SaharaMaleikuhm
in reply to grrgyle • • •tal
in reply to SaharaMaleikuhm • • •I don't see why it would need to be affected.
The constraint to require a valid signing isn't something imposed by the license on the Android code. If you want to distribute a version of Android that doesn't check for a registered signature, that should work fine.
I mean, the Graphene guys could impose that constraint. But they don't have to do so.
I think that there's a larger issue of practicality, though. Stuff like F-Droid works in part because you don't need to install an alternative firmware on your phone --- it's not hard to install an alternate app store with the stock firmware. If suddenly using a package from a developer that isn't registered with Google requires installing an alternate firmware, that's going to severely limit the potential userbase for that package.
Even if you can handle installing the alternate firmware, a lot of developers probably just aren't going to bother trying to develop software without being registered.
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SMillerNL
in reply to tal • • •But if Graphene chooses not to do this, they diverge from the Android project. Which will take more time to maintain the project which will ultimately lead to more developers burning out and dropping out of the project.
It doesn’t need to be affected, but most open source projects don’t have the resources to keep going against big companies when most of their users aren’t contributing.
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SMillerNL
in reply to iopq • • •But I do know that users of open source projects expecting changes to come out of thin air, and filing bugs when they don’t, is hurting the volunteers behind open source projects.
So we should all make sure to volunteer some of our own time or money to keep the projects we love going, instead of just expecting them to fix the things we dislike.
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in reply to SMillerNL • • •other8026
in reply to SMillerNL • • •Arcka
in reply to tal • • •I don't think most developers who are putting their Open-Source apps on F-Droid have any minimum user threshold.
grrgyle
in reply to SaharaMaleikuhm • • •azuth
in reply to SaharaMaleikuhm • • •Straight from the horse's mouth. The rest of the post is a good reminder that GrapheneOS are morons.
But why would you lie about this?
other8026
in reply to SaharaMaleikuhm • • •ChilledPeppers
in reply to grrgyle • • •Graphene is bult on top of android AOSP, which is owned by google... And of course they are fucking it over.
Check calyxos.org s recent blog posts, it is basically dying (and graphene is the same)
tate
in reply to ChilledPeppers • • •ChilledPeppers
in reply to tate • • •calyxos.org/news/2025/06/11/an…
Thats what I was referring to, but yeah, that is also a thing.
Android 16 and Pixel Support
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in reply to ChilledPeppers • • •cley_faye
in reply to grrgyle • • •For mobile phones that works as a daily driver? Gobbling up iOS. Or gobbling up what's becoming of Android.
I really wish we had open phones that "just work". I'd even go with slightly quirky but functional. Unfortunately, that requires strong cooperation between hardware maker and software developers; and it will require a lot of work. But that's not the main issue. The direction we're headed toward is "everything need an official app", and those will mostly only work on "official" phones made by big manufacturers.
Even today, making some bank apps work on non vanilla Android is not always straightforward, and it's still relatively open and easy to do. The move by Google is going to tighten this even more, and I have no doubt, if they pull through, that this will go in the requirements for the "play protect" validation BS. Meaning if you want that bank app, or whatever state digital ID app (meh) to work, you'll need a "real" Android or an iOS device. And those apps are becoming more and more mandatory (I can't log-in to my bank's online website without their app and proprietary 2FA…).
A niche, open-source OS, Linux or modified AOSP or whatever, will have a hard time filling that gap as things keep moving. Which is really sad.
undrwater
in reply to ChilledPeppers • • •Prathas
in reply to undrwater • • •undrwater
in reply to Prathas • • •en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Han…
Google doesn't "own" Android. They (and the OHA) are the maintainers. AOSP is open source.
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ReginaPhalange
in reply to grrgyle • • •Most F-Droid users are NOT custom ROMs.
This means that as long as F-Droid does not get their own developer key - it will become useless.
F-Droid is privacy focused - both dev and user, and they oppose requiring devs to essentially give up their privacy and sign the APK with their own dev key.
Now, if F-Droid is dead, GrapheneOS becomes useless. Who would want to develop apps for the 0.0001% of the population (i.e custom ROM users)
ChillPill
in reply to ReginaPhalange • • •This.
I am the person you are talking about. I've looked into graphene before and I do host some of my own services at home. I also work full time and I don't want to spend all of my free time managing things. I use F-Droid, but I am on stock android on my pixel.
I appreciate the privacy and FOSS nature of F-Droid, but I use things like Android auto Google maps for work, I use banking apps on my phone as well. I know technically micro G and blah blah blah, but like I said: work full time.
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in reply to ReginaPhalange • • •𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
in reply to BroBot9000 • • •Google would much rather go fuck you.
Tollana1234567
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in reply to BroBot9000 • • •railwhale
in reply to katy ✨ • • •Shizuku provides this fully on-device for android 10 or 11 and above, and droid-ify supports using shizuku to install apps.
The one main downside is that it only works when you're connected to wifi.
GitHub - RikkaApps/Shizuku: Using system APIs directly with adb/root privileges from normal apps through a Java process started with app_process.
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in reply to mesa • • •Mika
in reply to Kokesh • • •crumpted
in reply to Mika • • •All APKs will need a valid Google developer signature.
Doesn't matter if it's installed from GitHub or F-Droid, no signature, no installation.
Mika
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in reply to Kokesh • • •radix
in reply to Kokesh • • •I haven't used revanced in a while, but Fennic + ubo + sponsor block should get you to basically the same place unless they've added new features since I used it last.
No separate app required.
crumpted
in reply to Kokesh • • •All APKs will require a signed developer certificate.
I doubt they will be signing keys for developers who circumvent Google's services, or that violate their ToS.
They're copying this scheme from Apple in Europe, when it was forced to allow other app stores.
In that case, Apple revoked certificates for apps it didn't like, such as P2P/torrents. Mind you, these were NOT apps that were not hosted on Apple's App Store.
DeathByBigSad
in reply to crumpted • • •But ADB bypasses it.
(for now, at least)
PhAzE
in reply to Kokesh • • •Gumus
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in reply to Gumus • • •kernelle
in reply to Kokesh • • •They're doing the same thing Apple has been doing for years, I used to run a self-signing application which ran every week or so by itself.
Workarounds are going to exist plenty, it's just a slap in the face. Especially because the Play Store is filled with malware. Apple's strict rules are horrible for developers, but at least it's not as riddled with malware.
themurphy
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in reply to themurphy • • •sleen
in reply to BigFig • • •Big gov and big corp are essentially the same thing. And while the people jump ship to be at the mercy of the "better side", the elites are sharing a cocktail in secret.
The scale still remains, however one side tilted more so than the other.
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in reply to DeathByBigSad • • •themurphy
in reply to BigFig • • •Luckily it's not the same body in the EU who's in charge of enforcing AND setting up proposals.
The EU is not a "one opinion" government body.
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in reply to themurphy • • •themurphy
in reply to Zak • • •They usually sue if the practice doesnt stop for over a year. They do send warnings before anything official comes out FYI.
But I dont know if they want to do anything though. No one but them and Apple knows for sure.
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in reply to mesa • • •tal
in reply to ravachol • • •That's actually a really interesting question.
I understand that Apple takes issue with packages that can themselves "take packages". But historically, I don't believe that Google has. Of course, Google also hasn't done the registration thing historically, either.
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Mistic
in reply to melfie • • •You don't need a credit card for a dev account. You do, however, need to have a "business" attached. Luckily, that business they're asking for doesn't need to be verified, so it can be just a random string of letters.
Still bs that you have to go through all of that just to install apps you want.
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mesa
in reply to Kairos • • •Just about. There used to be more, but if im honest, if it works in iOS then its a decent experience most of the time.
But my custom apps makes or breaks my phone. Its so convenient.
Ill probably get a uconsole or something. Or keep my current phone til all this blows over.
Kairos
in reply to mesa • • •iOS is infinitely more polished than Android. It's rather stable and at least the main notification system isn't that bad for privacy.
Edit: I want to inquire: what exactly is wrong about my comments. Android is a piece of shit. iOS is a piece of shit. iOS is smoother because Apple can engineer the parts more smoothly. Android lets you run software. I hate them both but I need to run Termux.
mesa
in reply to Kairos • • •Its terrible for security haha. We were able to 0 day it a couple of times without trying all that hard. So many CVEs that are repeatable. I wil admit the UI is phenominally better (in my opinion). And the official apps (as long as you dont want to do something specific) are perfect at what they do.
Android is a bit better but you can exploit it because people dont update their phones. Google is actually VERY good at keep those up to date...but if no one updates, its kinda a wash.
Again my opinion, im not too attached to either. They both suck in their own unique ways. #1 is you have to use their tool sets which is unique instead of any other computer system. Its such a hassle to keep up with as a software developer.
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in reply to mesa • • •R00bot
in reply to Kairos • • •Really depends which spin of Android you have. I have a Nothing Phone 2 and the OS is arguably more polished than on my SO's iPhone 14, which frequently has bugs, lag, and crashes. You can't really generalise about Android when there are so many versions of it.
That being said I'll probably be looking into Linux phones in the next few years because I'm tired of corporations trying to control my devices.
Kairos
in reply to R00bot • • •Attacker94
in reply to Kairos • • •Kairos
in reply to Attacker94 • • •Attacker94
in reply to Kairos • • •Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see what phone you have in that post.
Could you clarify?
R00bot
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in reply to markko • • •markko
in reply to Kairos • • •I wasn't denying the fact that you're experiencing this issue, but since this is the first I've heard of something this bad in my 3 years of using GrapheneOS, this does appear to be a fairly unique case.
Provided you are using an otherwise well-functioning and currently supported device (and not an emulator), and that you are using a stable release installed via an official method (and there were no install issues), your best bet would be to ask for help in one of the community chats or forums:
grapheneos.org/contact#communi…
You will be asked to share which device you are using though, which you did not seem comfortable doing in the post you linked to.
Unrelated, but I learned about the Android "task manager" (Running Services) from that post of yours, so thanks for sharing that.
GrapheneOS contact information
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in reply to markko • • •markko
in reply to Kairos • • •Yeah that unfortunately seems to be the only option if you don't want to completely reset your device or remove apps one at a time to find the culprit. And there's no guarantee either of those will work anyway.
I've actually found a small number other users reporting a similar issue, though dev responses all seem to believe the issue is likely caused by apps rather than the OS. The fact that the issue is exclusive to GrapheneOS doesn't appear to have swayed them into looking into it unfortunately.
If I were in your position I'd probably use the Auto Reboot setting so at least you don't have to do it manually every day. It reboots after a specified number of hours without an unlock, so it's ideal for when you're asleep.
Kairos
in reply to markko • • •markko
in reply to Kairos • • •I guess it depends on the specific apps we use. Some can be pretty massive, but I have heaps of APKs that are <30MB, and even several that are <1MB.
Maybe a couple of large enough apps could be the issue if you always have them open, or if they are running services on your phone.
sunth1ef
in reply to Kairos • • •Kairos
in reply to sunth1ef • • •"It works on my machine"
The fact of the matter is that Android is hacked on top of Linux and there's endless problems because of it. One part is that there's no task manager and system apps eat up well over half my memory which means that once I open one app, the other needs to be immediately evicted from RAM
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in reply to Kairos • • •Fuck google and every piece of shit implementing this for them.
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BitingChaos
in reply to Kairos • • •I was able to set custom APN settings on my Pixel to bypass the tethering block that MetroPCS puts on their cheapest plan.
There is nothing in iOS that lets you do that.
I also can't run WiFi scanners on iOS.
And Android will still have ADB sideloading. On iOS I have to run shit like Sideloadly to re-sign applications every 7 days.
If you're a true Android fan, there is still a lot to keep you on the platform.
Kairos
in reply to BitingChaos • • •SaharaMaleikuhm
in reply to Kairos • • •Get a fairphone, install Ubuntu touch and stop rolling over like a good little dog.
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in reply to Kairos • • •What custom software is this?
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in reply to expr • • •CerebralHawks
in reply to mesa • • •And their flagship costs more than the iPhone 17 Pro but has performance closer to the iPhone 11 and they still sell your data off the back end.
Android was a fine alternative to iOS for a minute… like in 2012 with the Galaxy S3 and Jellybean. Now? I don’t get it. You pay more, you get less, all because — what? Gmail was once cool?
They took your headphone jack. They took your memory card slot. They took your back button. (Anyone remember the menu button?) Now they’re taking sideloading.
What is even the point of Android? It isn’t freedom. I see it as capitulation to Big Data.
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in reply to BassTurd • • •BassTurd
in reply to yeahiknow3 • • •I'm not sure where the thought that it's clunky comes from, but the advantage to me is that I like the Android OS way more the the Apple OS. I don't care about integration across devices because I don't have more than one android device. Anytime I switch phones I login and everything loads in from my latest back up and it just works. I can connect to my computer with KDE connect or plug in with USB C if needed.
I'm not claiming it's a better functioning product, I'm just saying the Android UX > Apple UX. The pixel has the advantage of flashing something like grapheneOS which no iPhones can do. Even with locking down side loading apps, there is still more freedom on Android devices than there are on iOS.
Also, I don't like the feel of iPhones. I'm sure it's something I would get used to, but it's not my first choice.
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in reply to BassTurd • • •I agree about Graphene OS, of course.
I’ve used Android since launch and occasionally switched back and forth with iOS. One of my main complaints is in virtue of Android’s versatility, which makes it less reliable and straightforward to use — no integrated password manager, no easy wireless connection to external computers, less smooth and pleasant (and easy) to use. Honestly, I’m just lazy. I want my text messages and calls migrated to my computer automatically, screen sharing, file sharing, passwords and security codes populating instantly, and so on.
markko
in reply to yeahiknow3 • • •I'm the complete opposite with respect to wanting all of those apps and features built into the OS, but I understand that's what most people seem to want, which is largely why iPhones are so popular.
To me, all of that built-in stuff is bloatware that I have to remove just so I can use whichever software I want.
I'll take a bit of jank if it means I have the freedom to do what I want on my device (and choose a device with the specs that matter to me within my budget). That's why so many people are upset at this news.
The Apple ecosystem is perfectly suitable for the needs you described, and it's not something Google will be able to match due to their lack of a real competitor in the desktop OS market. Microsoft had their chance with the Windows Phone but, knowing Windows, I doubt it would ever have had the same level of polish as iOS.
JustARaccoon
in reply to yeahiknow3 • • •CerebralHawks
in reply to BassTurd • • •What about it is better? Honest question, from someone who uses both.
So yeah, on Android you can do a little more with home screen customisation. It used to be a lot more — I can't believe it took Apple how many years to figure out how to place an icon to the right of or below an open space? It's closer now, they both steal from each other, but you can do a lot more. My Android phone is partly a cosplay prop: it's a real-life NookPhone, from Animal Crossing. My icons are huge, they're the ones from the game, but they open real apps, and they're in a 3x3 grid. Definitely can't do that on iOS. But I don't need that on my daily driver. And many people say — and I'm inclined to agree — that when an app is on both, it's better on iOS due to fewer hardware configurations to support.
Also, we have Delta, the emulator that backs everything up to, ironically, Google Drive. So I can show you this app on my iPhone. I can also AirDrop you any game I have. Long press, share, AirDrop, find your iPhone, you open it with the same app, you got it now. Super easy. But I can also uninstall the app, it removes all the files and whatnot. I can go into Files, double check all my games are gone. Saves, all of it. Then I reinstall it. Nothing... but as soon as I sign into Google Drive, it re-downloads everything. I just wish the emulator ran on the Mac, too — I'd have cross-device sync. Also, the emulator is Nintendo only, no PlayStation, no Sega, nothing like that.
And then the privacy issue. I think it's wild so few people care about their private information being sold. Then again, Facebook, TikTok, and others are huge. So I might be the outlier caring about that. But I still do.
PhAzE
in reply to CerebralHawks • • •And all those things were "taken" because they followed apple's lead who took all those things first. Losing sideload capability is yet another fallow the leader act they're doing to be like apple.
As for more expensive, disagree there. That's only the case if you go with high end sansung phones, but you can get android phones for much cheaper with still decent hardware, and it (currently) can do all the things apple does. You cant buy a cheaper apple 17 then the 2 models they give you. Also the hardware differences are so minor between Samsung and Apple, its laughable to call one "better" so your ppst really comes off like a fanboy talking about something you dont understand.
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in reply to PhAzE • • •Actually, the first phone to do a lot of things was actually an Android — good and bad! The first fingerprint reader, I think may have been the Motorola Bionic? But it was like an electric razor, it had these things you roll your finger across. It was weird. Not like what we have now. Likewise, I'm pretty sure an Android phone was the first one to pull the headphone jack. It was just because Apple did it right when they brought out the AirPods that people cried foul (rightly so). Memory card? Apple never supported them (they're too slow), and Android phones famously didn't support them... I think the Nexus phones? Pixel too. I don't think any Google-branded phone had a memory card slot.
More expensive does include the foldables, and you can't say they don't count because they exist. I wouldn't count the diamond-crusted Android phones, those are super limited edition. But anyone can go buy a fold or a flip, so they have to be considered. Right now the top iPhone costs $2000 in the US. It's a 2TB iPhone 17 Pro Max. Android gets higher, albeit with folds, but it does get higher, and the performance isn't any better.
As far as Samsung specifically: the chip in the Galaxy S25 is faster than the one in the iPhone 16 Pro/Max, but it also loses more power when it throttles for getting too hot. That really only means anything in high-end gaming, though. For day-to-day usage the Samsung will clock higher. It's only going to get 3-4 years of support though, if that, and they still sell your private information. You can't even use Samsung Health without agreeing to let them sell your private medical data (whatever you put in it). So no, it can't do everything an iPhone can do. It can't keep your medical information private, which is enshrined in law in many countries, but if you agree to let them sell it, that goes out the window. Why would you give that up when you don't have to?
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in reply to MrSmith • • •HarkMahlberg
in reply to CerebralHawks • • •Are we talking the nebulous They, the royal They, or do you mean "Android took your headphone jack?" Because uhh,
appleinsider.com/articles/22/0…
Tollana1234567
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in reply to CerebralHawks • • •Delusional apple fanboy.
I don't need a my phone to be a 'flagship'. I am not an influencer. I also wonder what loads are you running on a phone that you meet performance issues.
You can get an android with microSD and 3.5mm jack for 250€.
You can still run all the software you want. Adblockers, torrent clients, emulators, even... browsers! There will still be new android phones that won't suffer those limitations. They will also be cheaper than iphones.
Don't get me wrong android is in a bad trajectory, it's true that's Google has been enshitificating as much as it can get away with. It's still light years ahead of iOS.
If anybody cares for privacy or control of their devices, saving Android, even in alternative versions/vendors, is a much more viable option than switching to iPhone.
ruplicant
in reply to mesa • • •this seems to be going the shittitest direction it could...fuck Google
ps: loving the apple simps coming out to claim iPhones aren't perfect just because you can't "sideload" lool
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in reply to mesa • • •Thankfully I have root, I'll just simply hook into it runtime via Xposed to bypass this nonsense.
Seriously anyone who doesn't have root on their Android devices these days and age, well may Google have mercy on you lol
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in reply to undrwater • • •Recent AOSP repo added lines of code to Package Installer to handle enforcing restricting whether Package Installer installs an APK file or not based on dev signatures, as well as denying installation if internet isn't available so it can't contact Google's servers for dev signature verification.
So this is enforced by Package Installer, which is already how Google enforces their ridiculous minimal SDK version requirement for installing APK packages, as well as for blocking app update with an APK package with mismatched signature or blocking downgrading an existing app with an APK package, which I already have bypassed via Xposed this way.
Besides, rooting gives YOU total control over your own device like when you have sudo on Linux, even if Google tries some new BS there will be a way to counter it when you have root
REDACTED
in reply to Eagle0110 • • •I used to root every phone, but by 2025 I've given up. Hard to unlock bootloaders, random apps (especially banking) thinking you will get hacked and stops working, the entire community around rooting and mods is like 10% of what it used to me, hardly any modern phone still gets custom roms, etc.. Recently saw some statistic about custom roms - on average, around 50 phones 5-8 years ago had support for custom roms. By 2025, that number has fallen to 4.
Android is not what it used to be
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Eagle0110
in reply to REDACTED • • •You said it like banking apps will be happy to work with a Linux phone lol, the banks always have their interests inherently conflict with user control anyway. And rooting and getting a custom ROM (one which exists or otherwise) are two completely different things that have nothing to do with each other, and you shouldn't support manufecturers who choose to make it difficult to unlock bootloader anyway.
By 2025, rooting still empowers you to make your own Android device however you like it to be.
Also not many people care about custom ROM these days because Android stock ROM got much better in average, so there's much less a need for creating a brand new ROM just to get basic features. Why making a brand new ROM instead of modding the pretty good one you already have now. And root empowered ROM modding tools that are developed as Magisk module or Xposed modules still have a pretty big community, there's a long list of pretty big repos with hundreds of modules each, and with how sophisticated Magisk and Lsposed have evolved it's easier than ever to write your own mods
Y|yukichigai
in reply to Eagle0110 • • •Eagle0110
in reply to Y|yukichigai • • •XDA is dead, and you just described one of the symptoms of a forum being dead.
That said there are still a small amount of people posting detailed posts for rooting Xperia phones, for how to flash OS updates with unlocked bootloader without losing your user data, for how to bypass carrier restrictions to get international model to work with the 5G bands in the US via build.conf edit and baseband flashing, etc. There are perks of a community being small and niche, and I guess not everyone is brained washed by Samsung's propaganda they use to justify permanently locked bootloader on their phones lol
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in reply to Prathas • • •He's not wrong in a way. If ADB is overwhelmingly used and "undesirable" apps (vanced and "streaming apps") don't see any drop in support or usage, or if governments see a massive number using this to fly under the surveillance radar, they'll restrict ADB too...
Likely they'll pull what Meta did and make everyone who wants to enable "developer mode" will actually need to prove they are indeed, a developer.
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in reply to mesa • • •I was about to switch to android but ended up with another iPhone because of Google killing the only reasons to use android.
I like my air but I’m still waiting for what I really want. A viable Linux phone.
SaharaMaleikuhm
in reply to muusemuuse • • •You people have zero logical consistency and I've seen so many such comments on reddit. I want to pick your brain and figure out how you can roll over THAT easily for corpos.
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in reply to SaharaMaleikuhm • • •FreedomAdvocate
in reply to scratchee • • •azuth
in reply to scratchee • • •Because one walled garden does not exist yet.
Because it's possible to get around the proposed walled garden.
Because there are android manufacturers that ship phones that are not going to be affected by this.
But no lets just promote the whole iOS and Android are 100% the same (not Apple and Google, those are the same) and give up on fighting those changes.
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in reply to azuth • • •I’m all for supporting an alternative, however it’s done.
But between the google walled garden and the apple one, I slightly prefer the apple one for having marginally better privacy.
Though as a dev with dev accounts for both, I already can run whatever the hell I want on my own devices, so i admit to having no real skin in that game.
azuth
in reply to scratchee • • •Apple's walled garden vs Google's future wall garden is a false dilemma.
scratchee
in reply to azuth • • •muusemuuse
in reply to SaharaMaleikuhm • • •I was looking at a pixel fold running grapheneOS. Google is making changes that I dislike and realistically cannot avoid so why jump ship from my existing walled garden into one that’s just now starting to from, with even worse privacy and a business model totally dependent on violating as much of your privacy as possible?
The future of graphene and other third party roms is uncertain but I needed to upgrade my phone. My screen was cracked but usable but once I remove it to replace the battery I won’t be able to reinstall the single piece of glass and by that point I’m halfway to a new phone anyway.
For now, I’m okay with my air, but I know me and Apple are on not going to be together long term. I’m pulling off the cloud and breaking up dependancies one by one so, but as far as phones go, there isn’t a viable option quite yet. It’s definitely coming but it’s not here yet.
We need to break free from both Apple AND Google. Borrowing from Google to make another rom but still being dependent on them to keep your project alive and supported is no longer an option. We need a clean break away from them.
I can foresee a phone-like pocket computer running Linux that doesn’t have cellular capabilities at all. American cell phone companies weren’t crazy about supporting windows phone a many even blocked them from joining their networks. We are starting to see the same shit with Linux phones now. But most people don’t need data everywhere. There’s wifi where people like me actually use it. And so I can see a market for a voip service for phones that lets you use them like mobile landlines. For simple texts, a network of Lora packet radios would suffice and reticulum seems to be up the task of serving that need.
Costs are increasing and our dependance on these devices are changing so not every problem we have with Linux phones will need to be solved by the time that such devices get off the ground. We have options for tomorrow.
But today, the iPhone air was fine for me.
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in reply to muusemuuse • • •I am eyeing the Jolla C2. Gonna use GrapheneOS for as long as possible, but if all else fails I will use the shittiest Linux phone over this Google/Apple nightmare.
Carlos Solís
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fnrir
in reply to Carlos Solís • • •Shizuku?
EDIT: I didn't notice it was mentioned already. XDD
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in reply to mesa • • •Wispy2891
in reply to mesa • • •Found the 91 Google employees
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Wispy2891
in reply to mesa • • •Can someone "redpilled by corporate" explain me how this policy actually increase security?
It's trivial for a malware developer to pay $25 with a stolen card and a stolen id
Look at the "verified" bots on xitter, they didn't solve the bots problem, rather just monetized it
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in reply to FreedomAdvocate • • •FreedomAdvocate
in reply to Wispy2891 • • •You don’t think Google have better tech than banks?
Oh boy. You have no idea how old and bad the underlying tech that banks work on is.
Reginald_T_Biter
in reply to Wispy2891 • • •General_Effort
in reply to Wispy2891 • • •Google is doing this to comply with EU regulations supposed to increase security. Now imagine that Google was pushing back against this instead of complying. As per usual, Lemmy would be up in arms against Google for failing to protect people's data and not complying with our laws and culture. You'd be downvoted to oblivion for asked that question and called a corporate bootlicker.
I think these rules come from German legal culture, which traditionally has a strong need to control information exchange and processing.
Wispy2891
in reply to General_Effort • • •General_Effort
in reply to Wispy2891 • • •I'm sure the EU is not the only jurisdiction demanding this sort of thing, but I doubt Singapore has the pull needed to get Google to move.
Brussels effect. Imagine Google were to still allow unverified apps in the US. Most devs would still opt for verification so as not to lose the EU market. The proportion of malware is probably going to be higher among the few remaining unverified apps. Sooner or later, some US scam victims would sue Google for failing to protect them like it protects Europeans. Hard to refute.
killeronthecorner
in reply to Wispy2891 • • •The vast majority of malware isn't delivered via play store because of the existing measures and protections they have. Same reason you see very little app-store-based malware on iOS. DISCLAIMER: YES MALWARE EXISTS ON APPLE HARDWARE PLEASE DON'T SHOUT AT ME. Talking specifically about anything installed via first party stores on both platforms.
Their main issue is this: dumb people install apks from spurious website and infect their phones. The least controllable and most pervasive factor here is the intelligence and knowledge of the user which cannot be controlled for by Google. So by eliminating the ability to exploit this entirely, it will eliminate that specific vector.
It's a sledgehammer solution that naturally comes with many downsides like disrupting intelligent and knowledgeable users that just want to hack around with FOSS and such.
Google is relying on It being too expensive for malware creators to have to guide each individual user through adb installation and usage process just to get access to their phone. Most scammers only do that level of interaction to extract actual cash/gift cards from the target.
I am personally and directly affected by their decision in many negative ways, but I'm not so dense as to not understand why they're doing it.
/corpodronespeak
EDIT: bots help Xitter maintain inflated usage figures which justify people's jobs, share prices, etc. Bots are a feature, not a bug.
Wispy2891
in reply to killeronthecorner • • •yes, of course malware is distributed via apk.
But what's the difference between:
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Isn't exactly the same stuff? Or there's someone that is actually thinking that criminals will use their real ID card for the verification?
Does not change anything for malware distribution, except bother them for a dozen minutes meanwhile they "verify" their stolen ID
killeronthecorner
in reply to Wispy2891 • • •Because it can be invalidated. That's the difference.
It's absolutely not foolproof, but nothing is. Most actions corps take for this stuff only slows down the spread. Hackers and bad actors innovate way faster than companies can keep up with. So companies cast a wide net with their solutions. And the cycle continues.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
in reply to killeronthecorner • • •killeronthecorner
in reply to Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In • • •Wispy2891
in reply to Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In • • •with the new system, you must go online to check if the license for that app is still valid or revoked. But the current system works almost the same: if there's an internet connection play protect checks the signature against an online malware db and prevents installation.
From a couple years ago, google has the power to remotely install/uninstall any apk on your phone without your consent
prole
in reply to killeronthecorner • • •No they don't. Most people don't even know what an apk even is.
killeronthecorner
in reply to prole • • •Most people don't know what a bootloader is. They still turn their devices on and off every day.
This whole conversation is about adding obstacles to prevent non technical users from doing things they don't fully understand.
prole
in reply to killeronthecorner • • •killeronthecorner
in reply to prole • • •Yes you're right. If they knew, it would likely come with the knowledge that, if someone asks you to do this, you're probably being scammed.
That's what makes them most vulnerable to these kinds of scams.
KuroiKaze
in reply to prole • • •rumba
in reply to Wispy2891 • • •It's not about stopping malware; it's about being able to act on malware.
Making a new account with a new phone number and new credit card is a minor barrier to entry.
That said, it's a cool story, but I think they're looking to stop vanced style patching.
Carlos Solís
in reply to Wispy2891 • • •brucethemoose
in reply to mesa • • •Man, I miss my jailbroken iPhone 5.
It was like having your cake and eating it, and somehow its stock (much less tweaked) UI is less clunky than whatever TF Apple has done to my discount 16. Maybe it’s because I was using Android in between, but still…
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in reply to excral • • •DeathByBigSad
in reply to excral • • •Google will become the exact same as apple, third party stores are technically "allowed", but requires Google's official stamp (digital signature), it's same with Apple. Its probably legal since Apple is already like this.
A corporation like Epic Games will be left alone since they can afford lawyers. An open source volunteer dev making a Youtube alternative client will get their certificates revoked under dubious "ToS Violation" claims and they won't have money to sue.
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in reply to Suavevillain • • •dug my pinephone out of a drawer yesterday and gave it a whirl. still pretty rough unfortunately even after updating postmarket os.
Cool being able to SSH into my phone though
Suavevillain
in reply to PrettyFlyForAFatGuy • • •PrettyFlyForAFatGuy
in reply to Suavevillain • • •tbh part of the rough experience for me may be down to the hardware. the ubports version of the pinephone i have is quite low power. 2GB memory and a little ARM Cortex-A53
tis sluggish
tempest
in reply to Suavevillain • • •The main issue will be application support.
Linux running on the desktop in 2025 is helped immensely by everything being web based. So long as you have a browser you are fine for a lot of general computing.
The phone space is ruled by apps. The phone makers and the companies developing apps prefer it this way.
Getting a banking app, or Uber or Facebook Messenger to work on a Linux phone is going to be a massive pain in the ass (ignoring the rest of the OS which is definitely not even close to useable for the general public).
I would love a Linux phone but we are so far away.
pinball_wizard
in reply to tempest • • •That's true, but for everything non-free, they always end up having a perfectly working web app that will accept my money.
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in reply to PrettyFlyForAFatGuy • • •I thought you could do that on Android?
dev_null
in reply to Leon • • •aquovie
in reply to Suavevillain • • •Plain AOSP is already pretty brutal. An alternate OS is practically a non-starter. Phones aren't just web browsers and SMS.
Not to mention that the camera is going to suuuuuuuuck.
Forking or improving AOSP is more viable but none of the more mainstream ROMs want to piss off Google. That's why most LineageOS forums forbid talking about defeating Play Integrity.
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in reply to aquovie • • •aquovie
in reply to ZILtoid1991 • • •On a mobile device? It's more likely that only OSS drivers work and the binary blob driver only worked with a pre-Pandemic aged kernel. Or it needed a very specific userspace library that doesn't work with a minimal libc.
"Free software enough" usually means "has a snowball's chance of actually working".
squaresinger
in reply to mesa • • •So now 3rd party app stores need an ADB loopback to work around that.
Not hard to do, but uselessly annoying.
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in reply to Fiery • • •General_Effort
in reply to squaresinger • • •aquovie
in reply to General_Effort • • •I believe F-Droid signs the packages it distributes so that creates a painful choke point. Revoke F-Droid's key and it will break all of F-Droid instantaneously. The only exception for F-Droid's signing is if the build is reproducible, which is a high bar for a lot of projects, and then F-Droid will use the upstream signature.
Also, they're trying to close the ADB loophole.
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in reply to mesa • • •Ok, fuck this crap. This was the main reason to prefer Android over iOS. Going to start trying out some of the FOSS Android forks
Another example of Embrace, extend, and extinguish
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in reply to masterofn001 • • •masterofn001
in reply to nlgranger • • •I'm just skimming through the license on my phone and they include LGPL, apache, BSD, Mozilla public license, eclipse public license, w3c, MIT, apple, and GNu.
IANAPOLL (The extra POL is for patent or licensing) so I don't know the intricacies of each type.
But there are a lot.
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in reply to katy ✨ • • •jsomae
in reply to katy ✨ • • •Holytimes
in reply to katy ✨ • • •Honestly at this point they actually likely need to be EVEN MORE strict to deal with how bad the app store is and how many scam apps are floating around.
My grand father has been given like 30 scam apks to install via email that we're just crypto ransomware basically, and he's had to reformat his phone at least 10 times this year from installing scam shit from the playstore it self too.
Both the playstore AND scammers are target android like crazy
There's basically no way to crack down on it short of what they are doing and frankly it's still not enough.
Anyone who thinks this is just Google being evil is massive fucking out of touch with the reality of what elderly and less it savvy people have to deal with. It fucking SUCKS.
And I fucking hate these changes too, but even I cant say it's enough. There's too many fucking shit bag assholes ruining all the good things.
Gary Ghost
in reply to Holytimes • • •Mistic
in reply to Gary Ghost • • •They also already have installation from external sources turned on by default.
Why the hell are we babying people who turn it off? They read the warning, they know the risks.
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in reply to Mohaim • • •ricdeh
in reply to NuclearDolphin • • •Sorry for the downvote, but I see this take repeated here on Lemmy so often and it just makes no sense. This will not kill the FOSS app "ecosystem". Nothing whatsoever changes for FOSS ROMs like LineageOS or GrapheneOS. And as long as there are FOSS operating systems, apps will be developed for them. If anything, this could drive mainstream adoption of free/libre Android forward, re-invigorating the scene through public outcry.
And to the people who propose fully jumping ship from Android to "Linux phones" because of Google's recent changes, you would only make the app support matter worse. As someone who daily drives both a phone with LineageOS and one with postmarketOS (mainline-ish Linux), mobile app support is endlessly worse on Linux than the fallout from Google's developer registration could ever be. That is not to say that Linux phones will not eventually get to a point of reasonable maturity, but it is way too early and frankly utterly irrational to bury AOSP Android or needlessly hate on it.
enumerator4829
in reply to ricdeh • • •Normal people aren’t flashing custom ROMs. The audience for some FOSS software will shrink by several orders of magnitude.
But the pain really kicks in when your government/bank/streaming apps require attestation of a signed boot chain and Google Play services running.
jsomae
in reply to Mohaim • • •masterofn001
in reply to mesa • • •So, will an app like this
codeberg.org/muntashir/AppMana…
which uses (w)adb, be able to install apk as I currently do?
Or will they also fuck this up ?
AppManager
Codeberg.orgPeruvian_Skies
in reply to masterofn001 • • •They won't fuck this up YET. If AppManager doesn't currently use ADB to install APKs, it can be made to. So can any F-Droid or Aurora Store client.
However, I'd say that the odds that Google will stop at this certificate demand and will not eventually try to paywall ADB somehow are currently 0% in my estimation.
It's high time someone created an independent fork of Android. Very soon, custom ROMs won't be enough.
ZILtoid1991
in reply to mesa • • •foremanguy
in reply to mesa • • •Again not on custom ROMs.
(And could help the push of new alternatives os)
Ferk
in reply to foremanguy • • •foremanguy
in reply to Ferk • • •I didn't read the terms but I think this is against Google terms of services, so sure you can patch this out but as a company you would suffer legal actions or would be forced to remove Google services from your devices.
Samsung will just ask Samsung Store devs to be registered
randomaside
in reply to mesa • • •Literally TODAY someone I know installed an application called "PDF viewer for android" that had a green adobe icon and it started wrecking absolute havoc on their phone with pop ads and redirects to scam support sites.
The AppStore is full of this shit.
jsomae
in reply to mesa • • •Petter1
in reply to mesa • • •I smell revival of jailbreak days 😁
And maybe a peak of smuggling china android phones running chinaDroid with crapChecks