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Google Play bans open source Matrix client Element, citing “abusive content”
- chosen1111 6y agoColor me shocked. Why do we need app stores again?
- craftinator 6y agoBecause Google is working very hard to make installing apps through Google Play is the only way you can install apps on Android.
- jMyles 6y agoHave they openly said this yet?
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- myrryr 6y agoGiven they have pushed pwa pretty hard and are disappointed that firefox doesn't support them now, that is an odd thing to say. They have been pushing tech to do exactly what you say they are trying to stop.
- lupire 6y agoHow so?
- eznzt 6y agoSo your mobile phone does not end up like the average Windows install.
- lupire 6y agoThat's a problem for the OS security model, not an App Atore. The average Windows install is fine now, thanks to Windows Defender
- fsflover 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25964226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25964226
- MR4D 6y agoUsing their logic, should Google itself be banned? Seriously, you can find some real bad places on the internet when searching in Google.
- UncleMeat 6y agoIt was reinstated like ten hours before this was posted here.
- m-p-3 6y agoWhich is quite long, especially when they're growing from the WhatsApp debacle
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoDupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25964226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25964226 The ban was reversed.