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ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid

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Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid

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ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Google's new developer mandate is hitting alternative app stores hard. F-Droid says forced registration, fees, and ID checks could end the open-source project.
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    Open source community keeps trusting Google and they keep using the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

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      What should anyone have done different? Not built for one of the largest platforms with the most users?

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        Android is so big because the community let them embrace it. Since the beginning the community should have worked in a true open solution. Now it’s really late to try to make a Linux phone

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          Luddite. I’ve let AI manage my finances and mortgage for about a month now. Hold on, there’s a knock at the door, some dudes with a big van or something

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            Google start with open source so they can use open source tools and get a lot of work for free.

            But they use the famous Elbrace, E tende and Extinguish. See the things they are doing with the web with Chrome.

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

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          Linux would suck on a phone. Sorry it is barely usable on a laptop. We get worse battery life hardware less supported. Sure we put up with it but most people just want stuff to work.

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            This is because the community did not spent too much time optimizing for this goal. This is what I am saying, the open source community should invest more on Linux phone.

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