Technically, this would allow the identification of malware providers in Google’s app store.

play store publishers are already needed to submit (and publish) their name and address. they made it a requirement ~5 years ago.

certified android devices are those you can get in most stores. the play store is important for many people, ajd many apps don’t work correctly without the google mobile services components, and device makers can only legally install these on their phones if they certify their device. the certification process requires an array of quality controls and restrictions.

How can they enforce this for apps not on the play store?

certified devices will need to integrate an app verifier that will check if an app has been approved by google. the public AOSP project is said to also get this, but anyone basing on it can rip it out or modify it to their advantage. but certified device makers don’t have a choice thn to include this restriction.

Like if I write my own APK will my phone just refuse to run it if I don’t go through some paperwork with Google?

what we know so far, apps you made can be installed through a development tool. but app store aps like fdroid don’t have access to this tool, it’s difficult to enable, and somewhat risky too

Oh my god this person

oh my god! calm down, maybe look at who other people agree with more in this thread.

If google completely closed up Android

that’s not possible, because the source code is already publicly available. they can not delete it from the hard drives of custom rom developers.

However if google finished closing up AOSP, what that would mean is no more future development coming from google. that’s the same with other projects, including harmony: google does not submit patches there either.

you still did not answer how is harmony os a better option than AOSP

yeah. I wouldn’t expect that opt out to be honored. maybe by your provider, but not by zoom.

we have platforms like that already. several mobile linux distributions, sailfish, whatever. what is the advantage of harmony os? android (as in AOSP) is much more mature all around, the bad parts need to be patched out but then its pretty good. why choose harmony os and leave behind android instead?

that’s plausible. in my opinion a therapist should take the effort to take their own interpretation of what has been said, instead of relying on a machine that digests the system in a uniform way. words of a patient can mean a lot of things, even depending on things like their body language. but I have to admit I’m even more concerned about the privacy consequences which you pointed out. that’s like, it simply can’t go unabused in my opinion. too tempting. I wouldn’t even want to run a business that just stores it without abuse, it’s too risky too.

ok. but isn’t HarmonyOS as a whole a lot younger? why is it a better choice?

are you kidding? only available for google phones. are we supposed to give money to google for this situation?

app manager can already work as an app installer, but it needs wireless debugging enabled which can be a security risk. and you have to install app manager too somehow.

in your opinion what advantage would AI give to experienced therapists?

one can only hope it has any meaning. what platform do they use for online applications appointments? zoom? ms teams? google meet?

why should we use openharmony if there’s AOSP? we need more hands, but that’s better put on the existing project

You need to verify age for all these services already, if you offer those.

half of the given examples the cashier can just look at you if you are noticeably older than the age limit, but even when they want your ID they will just look at it with their eyes, not scanning it with a computer that cannot be verified right then and there what its doing

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didn’t they also push that downgrade for older versions?

windows 10 works pretty well too. all things amazon work pretty well too. google’s services very rarely have bugs, even less security breaches. they are all so convenient! why are people switching to alternatives, that are sometimes worse, sometimes better?

Your argument in relation to GitHub does not take in the reality of the effort involved with migrating to a different platform, effort that is likely unpaid, has no logistical upside and stalls the development efforts of a project,

forgejo can automatically import issues, PRs, Wiki articles, and automatic pull/push mirrors can be set up to keep the repo up to date at other places.

the CI/CD system is almost the same.

all the usual features are the same or very similar, including the whole user interface.

not to mention breaking every single source code repository link across the wider internet, links that represent publicity and community engagement.

who said they need to delete the repo from github?

I think it’s admirable that a project is asking its community if it should stay or move

it indeed would be admirable if the communication did not contain offensive tones at multiple places.

and also don’t forget that they already migrated once. but in the meantime it seems they have gone back to github for reasons unknown to me.

but seeding more does not cost storage. why not let it seed until you delete it?

if it’s so that you can see which ones can you delete, just click on the ratio column to sort by that, and check which ones have a higher ratio

monero does not, but it’s users do manually. at least not too long ago it was recommended in the community

but we do use self custody wallets, which is actually a good thing. and we do churn, because the anonymity set of the sender (right?) is pretty limited as of now. and churning is almost like mixing between wallets.