As Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled in the future. They’re going to eventually ban adblockers for chromium. We need to quickly respond with alternatives to android, we must end this market consolidation.

  • Beaver@lemmy.caOP
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    5 months ago

    Google could remove FireFox from the PlayStore

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      5 months ago

      Not in the EU. I think they’d face antitrust problems in USA too.

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        5 months ago

        I think they’d get pushback from Samsung too

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      5 months ago

      I don’t get it from the PlayStore. Android is open source. If they ever go crazy lock down then we can run AOSP or variants.

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      Sideloading it or using a different app store would still be possible. Would Google remove the ability to do those things? Would a fork of AOSP not easily restore that functionality? Regardless, I’m all for more OS options for consumers.

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      More importantly, mozilla is in google‘s pocket due to google being by far the largest financial contributor. Expect them to ruin firefox at some point. Also, the recent ad drama should have taught you that one lone competitor does not make a market.