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>>kotaKa+(OP)
Every day we stray farther from the premise that we should be allowed to install / modify software on the computers we own.

Will once again re-up the concept of a “right to root access”, to prevent big corps from pulling this bs over and over again: https://medhir.com/blog/right-to-root-access

>>medhir+Lg1
To be fair to Google, they got so much cricticism for allowing so many spam apps.

>>wouldb+nz1
Why do we need app stores in the first place?!? No app stores => no vetting, let users download whatever apps they choose, and deal with the consequences.

>>bambax+AI1
App stores are riddled not only with spyware and malware, but also with harmful content like gambling apps targeted at kids. And they claim some moral high ground as an excuse to ever more pervasive spying and control? Fuck me, Stallman was right all along.