Maybe that could even be extended to browser, OS, webpages (just have a bad AI rewrite every page you read, and in the future maybe every video you watch) ... everything people use. Everything you come into contact with.
Think about it: no ads, and no way for anyone to bring them to your devices!
The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers. -- Princess LeiaIn fact, Google is making alternative stores even less convenient with their latest 'side-loading' hurdles.
Regulators need to wake up, issue record fines, mandate equal access and a 'Choose your app stores' screen on device setup.
Otherwise competitive third party stores and a fair market are going to remain a pipe dream.
I don’t doubt the author, at the same time this is a serious accusation with no details and little context.
This could have been presented in a more organized way, with timelines and redacted content.
Part of the problem is Google not being transparent, having more transparency could help.
Although I must admit I've never gotten nudes from them. Up your game, Google.
I was able to share it on f-droid though, and I am starting to think that it may be good just to publish app only through it.
A company that does not provide support to normal people and has a compulsive habit of closing services for absolutely no good reason? You don't say?
> Have at least 12 testers opted-in to your closed test.
> Run your closed test with at least 12 testers, for 14 days
The funny thing is this seems to apply to recently-created personal publisher accounts. I had a very old publisher account but because I was unable to move my account owner to another email address, I closed it and registered a new one. Little did I know what this would lead to later on.
nine_k•53m ago
rolph•37m ago
maybe in the short term, and if thier app store is a loss leader.
paulddraper•6m ago
Millions and millions.
The cost of false rejections is generally quite low.
apetresc•28m ago
Okay, can you concoct some prompt-injection-like scenario where you can fool increasingly sophisticated agents about the presence of your malware? Sure, maybe. It's MILES ahead of where both major app stores are today, though, where you can find obvious scams that sailed through review just by looking at their description.
ryandvm•17m ago
jmbwell•7m ago
And then of course all the apps will use some kind of AI, and because humans don’t care to wade through a trillion tip calculators or whatever, they’ll use AI to pick the app. And then have AI use the app for them through a voice assistant.
user43928•6m ago
Obviously they are not going to spend money on improving their review process to our benefit until regulators force them to.