"If it can be done and it is done, for example, for crimes such as child pornography, for intellectual property, which is stealing, they should have to do it too." - LaLiga chief Javier Tebas
Ah yes, two equivalent crimes: CSAM and... um... watching sports without paying
Hey, they're not equivalent! The second one is a lot worse! Say the shareholders
or intellectual property, which is stealing
That had to be explained to make it sound like a bad thing. 🏴☠️
They fucking finally said the quiet part loud! Make a dystopian filtering system with CSAM as an excuse, then use it for filtering piracy, unauthorized gambling sites (but just because they're not paying the taxes, not because actually caring about the citizens mental health), and so on
How can it do that?
And won't people just use piracy websites?
And Google already scans users phones and deletes apps?
it's an emergency function that google silently introduced in all phones years ago. Theoretically it should be used if an app is widespread malware
That's the only component? If so, CalyxOS, GrapheneOS, LineageOS, and similar would be protected against this, since they have neither Play Services nor Play Protect. Am I correct in my understanding?
Is there any evidence that this will really remove Google's ability to (a) see what's on your phone, and (b) delete whatever they want?
No, because they can always push anything over Play Services updates. But right now it does disable it.
What about Think Shield? Found that next to Play protect in security settings
No, since on GrapheneOS Google Play Store/Services doesn't have permission to silently install/uninstall apps. They are sandboxed like any other app (i.e. F-Droid).
Neat, thanks! Makes me even more grateful that I decided to switch.
the only workaround is to install a custom ROM without google play and google services
That's overkill, with a rooted phone you can simply freeze (might be able to freeze it with ADB as well) or delete the Play store (it's the Play Store where this Malware lives). GMS and Account Manager will work just fine without the Play store.
Or, like the other person said you can just disable Play Protect.
As soon as google starts removing sideloaded apps forcefully without play protect, will be the time when Apples market share increases.
Apk sideloading freedom is the only major difference left between Android and iOS
You realize that on Apple you can never have these apps at all?
If google removes them retroactively from your device or blocks them from being used what’s the difference?
you can hide from google and install it anyway. You can't hide from apple. They control 100% of your device
AltStore. I have a torrent client and ad-free native YouTube client uYouPlus on my iPhone sideloaded. Running the latest version of iOS. No problems.
Dev account right? Normally you can only do 3 apps for free
3 for free, that’s right. I only have 3 installed so no dev account necessary.
