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#Google finally released more info about their new #GooglePlayPolicies:
Personal accounts must give Google legal name, legal address, email and phone number.
Google will publish legal name, country and email for developers.
Organization accounts must give the above info and a D-U-N-S number.
Google will publish legal name, address, email and phone number for organization accounts.
Google is effectively going to dox every single trans dev on #GooglePlay.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/13628312
#Google finally released more info about their new #GooglePlayPolicies:
Personal accounts must give Google legal name, legal address, email and phone number.
Google will publish legal name, country and email for developers.
Organization accounts must give the above info and a D-U-N-S number.
Google will publish legal name, address, email and phone number for organization accounts.
Google is effectively going to dox every single trans dev on #GooglePlay.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/13628312
We've been told Google Play transparently shows what data is collected etc, right? And whether an app has Ads? Well, dream on. I've just checked an app to see if it would fit my repo. Below is what Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.isaakhanimann.journal) says about it (no "Ads" marker), then the results from my library scanner.
Careful what you believe and whom you trust.
#Android #apps #Google #GooglePlay
Careful what you believe and whom you trust.
#Android #apps #Google #GooglePlay
Why curation and #decentralization is better than millions of #apps.
https://f-droid.org/2022/11/23/why-curation-and-decentralization-is-better-than-millions-of-apps.html
#AppStore #GooglePlay #iOS #Android
https://f-droid.org/2022/11/23/why-curation-and-decentralization-is-better-than-millions-of-apps.html
#AppStore #GooglePlay #iOS #Android
Why curation and decentralization is better than millions of apps | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Every desktop computer or mobile device comes with some form of “appstore”. There is F-Droid for Android. Debian has “software repositories”at its core. T...f-droid.org
RT @timbray@twitter.com
This is pretty disturbing. Element is a pleasant and apparently rather secure conversation tool. I really. think #GooglePlay has the wrong end of the stick here. There's an informative blog piece linked a few tweets down the thread. https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1355290296947499013
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/timbray/status/1355650773514768384
This is pretty disturbing. Element is a pleasant and apparently rather secure conversation tool. I really. think #GooglePlay has the wrong end of the stick here. There's an informative blog piece linked a few tweets down the thread. https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1355290296947499013
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/timbray/status/1355650773514768384