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Again, technological measures against this kind of attacks on ownership rights fall short and are probably what conglomerates want since it keeps the tech people busy in a self-satisfying "fight" against the big corporation.

You need legislation.

>>stein1+(OP)
This.

You can have a popup, but it must have a call-to-action. Explain to users how to fight this.

>>stein1+(OP)
It's open source... We don't need legislation; you are free to do whatever you want, and open source provides those freedoms. You just want it to be the way you want it instead of it being the way that benefits the most people.

This "fight" will always be lost, because the other side is 99% of the population and they want to stop scammers more than they want to enable you to publish software to a personal tracking device anonymously...

>>stein1+(OP)
This is the social solution. It's making users aware of the issue and pressuring them to not upgrade, and in the long run pressuring legislators to forbid such monopolistic practices if the average person dislikes it.

>>that_g+0d
99% of the population doesn't fall for scam apps outside the Play Store. They don't want to stop app scammers, because they don't have any issue with them. It's only a small minority which does, and which is supposed to justify the new restrictions in Android.

>>stein1+(OP)
Copying this here for those that want some specifics:

Some things to advocate for to counter the direction we've been going in.

1. Termination of WIPO Copyright Treaty (prerequisite for #2)

2. Repeal of DMCA. (primarily because of Section 1201)

3. Enact and enforce, Right to ownership, Right to repair laws.

4. Enforce antitrust laws. / Break up monopolies

>>bobaje+Ee1
The establishments don't want to break up monopolies! They probably made a deal to allow them have monopolies in return for total dominance (don't think it is going so well).

Nothing will be resolve via legislation when the people making the bill are the same people in the revolving doors from the transnational corporations where the bill suppose to govern. A lot needs to be altered if we want this really to serve the 99%.