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No, this is Google choosing what to carry inside of the store that they own. Google Play is and always has always been curated.
by kube-system 1y ago
No, this is Google choosing what to carry inside of the store that they own. Google Play is and always has always been curated.
- Hizonner 1y agoOK, so this shows that Google's curation sucks and is anti-user, and nobody should be using Google's store. Happy?
- kube-system 1y agoIt sucks for hundreds or maybe thousands of users and is great for millions or maybe billions of users.
- miohtama 1y agoThere are estimated more than 500M cryptocurrency users world wide. Single self custodial wallets like TrustWallet have 50M installs in Play Store alone. Using "greater good" argument for censorship is a slippery slope, as we have seen with UKs Online Safety Act, when you let someone else to decide what apps and websites you should access. Google, specifically, is having several litigations and investigations related to the abuse of their position in Search and Play Store to promote their own software products over competition.
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- kube-system 1y agoRight, and very few of those hundreds of millions are experts in auditing software or vetting financial institutions. They benefit when someone vets it for them. Cryptocurrency scams and thefts are common because of this. Google is not deciding what apps you can use. There are multiple places to get software.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoFDroid users have been saying this for years, so they are probably estatic now. Hasn't hit much of their market share, though.
- NoahZuniga 1y agoAnd you can still install these apps through alternative methods. I'd trust a wallet I downloaded from f-droid more than from google play anyway.