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[–] [email protected] 134 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

This trend of being actively hostile toward your user base is so confusing to me.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They project that they'll make more money by forcing people to accept surveillance so they can run their apps, even if they lose a few users and app developers by doing so.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I've always been of the opinion that apps are almost always useless because there is usually a way to do it through a web browser and if there isn't I don't need it. And its usually better because then I have more control (in firefox anyway).

For example the youtube app is entirely unuseable but if I open firefox and use ublock and no script then suddenly I can actually use the website.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

i use firefox forks for mobile, op12r-

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Is users stop using custom ROMs, Google loses nothing.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One of the reasons to always cheer on (new) competitors and why we should give new companies a fair chance to establish something

[–] taladar 16 points 2 weeks ago

The problem is that systems like this have strong network effects working in favor of the established options, nobody develops for platforms without users, nobody wants to use a platform without apps, development has more resources (existing libraries, tutorials, reference documentation,...) on existing platforms,...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

That´s standard enshittification. They know they´ve got users locked in without any alternative.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Their goal is to ensure OEMs only bundle Google-approved Android for which Google charges licensing fees and which funnels users into Google services. If a phone won't run your banking app, you probably won't buy it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Their user base is not who you think they are. The people you think are users are just assets, it's okay to be hostile to your assets

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

It would be confusing if everyone didn't simply tolerate it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It’s so confusing it only makes sense to business majors. /s