▲ 218 ▼ NewPipe, other open-source apps are preparing users for Google's sideloading crackdown on Android (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 2 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/android@lemdro.id 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) Yeah I am pretty pissed off that this article is conflating issues by even suggesting this. The legal grey area they are alluding to is ad blocking. I don't think it's grey but that has to be what they are saying. But the article is about third party apps and Google being a fuckwit. This waters down the discussion, and is a unnecessary diversion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 21 points 2 months ago (1 child) Ad blocking isn't even a legal grey area, it's legal (as it should be, ads are a major attack vector for malware and scams). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) I agree with you, yet I am sure there are lawyers who will argue that it would be against their terms of service. I am with the old school crowd: you put stuff on the internet however you like, and I will render it however I like. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago Their TOS can get fucked and it's certainly not law: They're free to deny service or ban users if they like, but I'm sure that'd go over like a lead balloon. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 21 points 2 months ago (1 child) Ad blocking isn't even a legal grey area, it's legal (as it should be, ads are a major attack vector for malware and scams). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) I agree with you, yet I am sure there are lawyers who will argue that it would be against their terms of service. I am with the old school crowd: you put stuff on the internet however you like, and I will render it however I like. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago Their TOS can get fucked and it's certainly not law: They're free to deny service or ban users if they like, but I'm sure that'd go over like a lead balloon. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) I agree with you, yet I am sure there are lawyers who will argue that it would be against their terms of service. I am with the old school crowd: you put stuff on the internet however you like, and I will render it however I like. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago Their TOS can get fucked and it's certainly not law: They're free to deny service or ban users if they like, but I'm sure that'd go over like a lead balloon. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago Their TOS can get fucked and it's certainly not law: They're free to deny service or ban users if they like, but I'm sure that'd go over like a lead balloon. permalink fedilink source parent