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This excuse might hold even a little bit of water if the "validation" actually did anything. Google Play is a malware distributor, plain and simple. Go search t
by ddevault 6y ago
This excuse might hold even a little bit of water if the "validation" actually did anything. Google Play is a malware distributor, plain and simple. Go search the Play store for "flashlight" and read up on the permissions of any of the first 10 results.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flashlight https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flashlight
GPS location, full network access, prevent device from sleeping, run at startup, microtransactions, read contacts and accounts, read your filesystem... for a flashlight app. These are malware. The Play store is 95% malware, or worse.
Moves like the one that locks out Termux aren't protecting the user at all; Google has never been interested in that. They centralize power. That's what it's all about.
- thekyle 6y agoThe other day I was trying to find a QR code scanning app in Google Play for my mother. I honestly cannot blame people for ending up with a phone full or spyware since basically all the top results were garbage. I ended up searching for "qr reader foss" which got me some decent apps.
- ddevault 6y agoTry F-Droid next time.
- thekyle 6y agoI do use that on my phone.
- zozbot234 6y agoDoesn't Android support QR scanning in the stock Camera app anyway? You shouldn't even need to take a photo, it should detect the QR pattern and give you the option of reading/copying/browsing to it.
- thekyle 6y agoI thought so too since it does that on my Galaxy A50, but apparently it doesn't work on the default camera for the Galaxy S8.