Dan GillmorMar 17

Google has become everything it once pretended to disdain -- an arrogant, sleazy, control-freak monopolist.

Its latest anti-user, anti-competition move will shut down the alternative app marketplaces that Google used to show off as "we're not like Apple" evidence. https://thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-googles-android-developer-verification-plan-is-an-existential-threat-to-alternative-app-stores/

F-Droid says Google's Android developer verification plan is an 'existential' threat to alternative app stores

F-Droid fights Google's Android developer verification plan that could kill alternative app stores used by millions. Here's what developers need to know.

The New Stack
Show threadcaneToad Mar 17

@dangillmor Recommend Spring Cleaning on DNS level:
Google has been banned
Meta has been banned
Microsoft has been banned
A few more arsehole companies sent to 0.0.0.0

"Feel better?" "Yeah, I do!"

Show threadVirgil Tibbs 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🇬🇱

@dazzr @dangillmor

very cool.
I find it harder every day to persuade or convice people to get rid of big-tech.
the laziness and the carelessness are unlimited

Mar 17 at 8:58amWeb
Show threadcaneToad Mar 17

@virgil_tibbs @dangillmor I wouldn't be so harsh. My impression is that many folks are simply overwhelmed, and many lack even basic skills to stand up against the TechBro bastards.

That is by design: just think of terms and conditions of HW/SW. Those are written to overwhelm people. Thirty pages fine print - click Accept. The antisocial media attention industry is full of that: overwhelm people, and suck their data. Digital ticks, parasitic lifeforms.

Keep the good work up!