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> Why should you expect different treatment from Google than Twitter et al.? Twitter and the US government are well known and are very unlikely to turn rogue (
by Sebb767 5y ago
> Why should you expect different treatment from Google than Twitter et al.?
Twitter and the US government are well known and are very unlikely to turn rogue (i.e. cash out or sell the app to a shady advertising company). This base trust does not exist for a small, unknown developer.
I can see why this is a bit unfair, but having the same treatment for well-known, trusted entities and first time submitters will lead to either extreme unreliability or a flood of scams.
- e3bc54b2 5y agoInteresting, because Twitter didn't sell to shady advertisimg company, they became shady advertising company with PII gobbling and dark practices. It is also interesting you say about givernment (although my beef isn't with USG), because my givernment has tons of shady apps that leak sensitive PII left and right, and nobody cares..
- voakbasda 5y agoYou’re totally right. The government always can be trusted to surveil its populace through only legal means. And large corporations would never break the law when they think the consequences will cost less than the profits to be made.
- collaborative 5y agoJust want to clarify that it had been on the Play Store for 3 to 4 years before they did this and had reached a couple dozen thousand downloads