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Catima 2.42.1 is out!

https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android/releases/tag/v2.42.1

#Catima is an #Android app to store and organize tickets, loyalty cards and other barcode/pkpass-based data.

This release is functionally identical to 2.42.1, except that it fixes a crash on devices with misbehaving NFC. If your device is affected you will now see a "Failed to pause NFC" message instead of a full app crash.

Coming soon to an app store near you.

#IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GitHub #GooglePlay

Petar Petrov 2d ago

My Friday rant: I was going to wrap my little PWA game into an Android bundle to release it on Google Play the other day but the Google Play console slapped my wrist.

Apparently, I have to get 12 people from somewhere, who must have my app installed on their devices for 14 days, and open it at least once within this period, before I can even think of publishing anything.

1/2

#android #googleplay #friday #dev #bigtech

Rusty Corgi 3d ago

Wait, so reCaptcha can now require that you have an iPhone or an Android phone with Google Play Services?

This is really really bad. And, what's worse, is it seems nobody is talking about it.

For anyone unfamiliar, Apple's App Attest and Google Play Integrity are "hardware attestation" which uses a hardware lockout to verify that you device is 'valid' and not tampered with. It sounds like good security in theory, until you think about it for more than two seconds. It effectively means that, in order to have a 'valid' device, you need to be approved by either Apple or Google. As such, it doesn't work with non-Google Android ROMs like GrapheneOS, /e/, LineageOS, etc. Once your device isn't considered valid by Play Integrity it locks you out of hundreds of apps, effectively giving Google complete monopolistic control over Android.

This change to reCaptcha brings that same monopolistic control to the web. If you thought you could be above the Apple/Google duopoly in some way, congratulations, it's officially impossible. You have to own a Google Play-certified phone or iPhone in order to use the internet in 2026.

For anyone hoping the European Union will step in, I wouldn't hold your breath.

#Google #reCaptcha #GooglePlay #PlayIntegrity