important Android isnt open source anymore

[Lurking]

1 hour ago, Aeternalis said:

The VPN I pay for is missing a feature entirely unless you sideload due to the play store's policies.

Why would a feature be missing on a paid app? If i paid for apps, I would expect it to "just work". I'm sure thee is a paid VPN app where geo faking is a working feature without workarounds. 

1 hour ago, Aeternalis said:

use it for region locked junk usually

That is the one actual function they provide.

1 hour ago, Aeternalis said:

pharmacies should let anyone buy pallets of pseudoephedrine because we should only draw issue when they use it to make illegal drugs.

Bad analogy. Anyone buying is planning to consume for sure. A better analogy would be me saving up a large amount of money. And then someone claims I'm planning to buy illegal drugs (while I actually plan to buy a car). 

1 hour ago, Aeternalis said:

Me switching to linux on my desktop was primarily about having control over my own personal property

You and many other users here are the exception. Phones are made for 99.99% of users. Most users just want to click on their banking or tiktok app and use that. Those apps have to come from a curated store to (somewhat) ensure they aren't fake apps (like an app pretending to be the banking app to steal my data).

 

 

[Aeternalis]

17 hours ago, Lurking said:

Why would a feature be missing on a paid app? If i paid for apps, I would expect it to "just work". I'm sure thee is a paid VPN app where geo faking is a working feature without workarounds. 

 

 

The MACE function is basically an ad blocker (tracker blocker, but potato potato really since ads are based on info tracking), which PIA claims isn't available on the play store app because the play store said no based on policy.

 

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You and many other users here are the exception. Phones are made for 99.99% of users. Most users just want to click on their banking or tiktok app and use that. Those apps have to come from a curated store to (somewhat) ensure they aren't fake apps (like an app pretending to be the banking app to steal my data).

I have nothing against central repos for software, that wouldn't make sense as a linux user to be against those. What I ***am*** against is the ***choice*** of installing thru .apks for something like f-droid (another software store, so qualifies for your standards) without the approval of google being taken away. Taking the choice away doesn't have the average user, it is only a restriction. The majority of users don't even know you can do that in the first place, so there's minimal to no harm in its existence in the first place.

 

My point is that there is literally no benefit to this, it's taking away freedom with no meaningful increase in security of usability.