Bastian AllgeierOct 4, 2025
Reading the shocked reactions that Apple and Google removed ICE warning apps from their stores, I think that more should probably read about the role of IBM during the holocaust. Can we please finally get rid of the fairytale of social corporate responsibility in big tech?
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@bastianallgeier People have not been paying attention if they are shocked by this. Google has also removed the ability to install apps outside of the app store aka side-loading and now requires developers to get verified. See link. for more information.

Apple and Google are both cooperating with the Trump admin. They'll have to run apps like that through a browser and circumvent the App store that way.

https://www.androidauthority.com/how-android-sideloading-restrictions-may-work-3595355/

Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users

Android will block users from sideloading apps made by unverified developers next year, but we may have found a workaround.

Android Authority
Oct 5, 2025 at 5:24pmWeb