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GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And world peace and the end of hunger too.

Sadly most people will get slowly boiled like a frog. People got comfortably numb and they want everything spoonfed. They won't learn new things, they won't wean off big services that make everything convenient.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The issue is that a lot of everyday services depends on Google.

    If your bank decides it integrates with Google Play Services, well fuck you, your degoogled device won't work anymore and you'll have to switch banks or forego using your device for banking.

    Every corpo is pushing hard to interwind themselves with your day to day so that they become the gatekeepers of your life and rent seek.

    It's easy for us to find an alternative because we are tech litterate, but not everyone has the knowledge to do so and it is increasingly hard to do so.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I don't think it's a matter of knowledge, more of mindset. If enough people even cared, banks would not enforce any changes that would require to use Google play safetynet.

    Btw, banks shouldn't even need apps. A webpage with local storage (PWA) should suffice for 99% of banking stuff.

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