The Play Integrity API has made it easier for apps to check whether you installed or bought them from Google Play.
  •  helenslunch   ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) English
    1•8 days ago

    Better to get out now

    And again I ask, and go where? Your choices for mobile OSs are:

    1. Google
    2. Apple

    Choose Google and there’s no way around this issue. Choose Apple and you’ve locked yourself into an even more closed ecosystem.

    Than to wait until they’re so engrained in our lives that they become a shadow government

    Far too late for that, I’m afraid…

    •  Jalapeño Popper   ( @jalapeno_popper561@lemmy.ml ) English
      2•8 days ago

      There are more options, you just have to look. GrapheneOS, LineageOS, CalyxOS, DivestOS, /e/OS… Android is not synonymous with Google. Android is open source. All the OSs I’ve listed are based off of Android, and are open source. Google has their own version of Android, which is closed source. But it’s just another OS based off of AOSP.