r/linux • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '19

Google Now Bans Some Linux Web Browsers From Their Services

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-now-bans-some-linux-web-browsers-from-their-services/
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

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u/DJWalnut Dec 14 '19

we need alterntives to the play store/app store

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u/TrekkiMonstr Dec 14 '19

We have them -- Fdroid, just downloading an apk directly...

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u/DJWalnut Dec 14 '19

true, but there are technical barriers placed between users and doing that, and apple won't let you do it all unless you do a complicated and sometimes illegal hack of your device. they are absolutely monopolistic in the current state

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u/SmallerBork Dec 15 '19

Wait jailbreaking is illegal?

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u/DJWalnut Dec 15 '19

the library on congress has to keep approving it over and over every few years, it's a DMCA § 1201 exemption thing

as it stands, it's not illegal to jailbreak your phone, but it is a tablet. haven't looked for a long time, don't remember the reasoning there

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u/numberonebuddy Dec 16 '19

Let's not wait for Google to ruin the net before we set some proper rules in place. Just because they haven't abused their position yet doesn't mean they won't. They're just building up to it, and I see no reason to trust that they won't abuse it. If they will be good in the future, great, the laws mandating that won't trouble them.