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> It is the most important tech issue we are facing today. How so? I cannot anonymously get a bank account, I cannot anonymously get a phone number, I cannot a
by palata 1y ago
> It is the most important tech issue we are facing today.
How so? I cannot anonymously get a bank account, I cannot anonymously get a phone number, I cannot anonymously get a domain name. I don't see how terrible it is to have to be verified to distribute your app.
Noting that if you worry about banned apps like NewPipe, then first I don't know that Google will prevent its sideloading, and anyway NewPipe is open source so you can build and install it yourself.
- wosined 1y ago> I cannot anonymously get a bank account, I cannot anonymously get a phone number, I cannot anonymously get a domain name. I don't see how terrible it is to have to be verified to distribute your app. All of those are a privacy nightmare as well. Now we add another. The total amount of freedom has diminished.