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if we're talking about the EU, for a provider the size of Google, not allowing third party application installs is illegal in the EU under the Digital Markets A
by permo-w 1y ago
if we're talking about the EU, for a provider the size of Google, not allowing third party application installs is illegal in the EU under the Digital Markets Act
- Palmik 1y agoThis doesn't necessarily mean they can't introduce developer verification process. (Meaning only Google verified and approved developers would be able to distribute APKs) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45411426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45411426 It's really quite worrying how all these things (age verification, chat control, side-loading prevention, etc.) seem to be coming to bear in tandem across many countries.
- ath3nd 1y ago[dead]