Post #2704048
2026-05-12 12:56 UTC
@Epic_Null@infosec.exchange @permafriday@indieweb.social @keepandroidopen@techhub.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr
> Infrastructurally, they don't have the tools
Conjecture. They have. There is no technical reason to not block it all immediately. They would've just not implement the 24h workaround.
And PR? It's in the shitter anyway in our community. And the market for apps from outside the ecosystem is a rounding error for them. They can ignore it.
99.9% of users won't notice anything.
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@Epic_Null@infosec.exchange 2026-05-12 13:11
@PhoenixWright@ieji.de @permafriday@indieweb.social @keepandroidopen@techhub.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr There is no technical reason to not block it all immediately. How long do you think the android ecosystem would continue if every app developer was "This actually prevents me from testing my pre-release application. I cannot do this." All at once? If government applications all got blocked at once? That is called a crisis. Crisises cause immediate change. They create breaking points. Cross a breaking point and you get the critical mass needed for a change to stick.