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This happens with OSS apps as well, see the Simple Mobile Tools takeover by an Israeli adware company, affecting several popular Android apps (Gallery, File Man

by rchaud 2y ago

This happens with OSS apps as well, see the Simple Mobile Tools takeover by an Israeli adware company, affecting several popular Android apps (Gallery, File Manager, others). https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion/issues/241 https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion/issu...

throwaway48476 2y ago
Was it forked?
banish-m4 2y ago
The big difference is free and freemium OSS can fork. There's no forking closed source backend servers or apps.
wmlhwl 2y ago
https://github.com/FossifyOrg https://github.com/FossifyOrg
Fnoord 2y ago
Yep, and also the xz backdoor debacle.