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sanitation@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 months ago

Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign…

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Your phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign…

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 months ago
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Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
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    Used Pixels are cheap and the money doesn’t go to Google again.

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      Used Pixels are often pretty misused and refurbished ones cost the same or even more than a new Pixel in my country… which is actually insane. Hopefully the new Graphene collab phone will be good.

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        Spoiler: it will also be massively expensive

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