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minus-squareTiger Jerusalem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up94arrow-down1·11 months agoI bet a cookie that this will be used to kill apps like NewPipe and Revanced.
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minus-squaresmotherlove@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoJust curious, why a 5?
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoYeah. Pixel 8 just launched. If you want a cheaper phone go for the 7s
minus-squarePlantJam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoGoogle offered $150 for my nearly new 7, I’m sure there will be quite a few on the used market.
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minus-squarejacktherippah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWhy a Pixel 5? It’s end of life already.
minus-squareAlimentar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·11 months agoOr more an excuse to monitor and read app data
minus-squarenevemsenki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months agoOr things like AdGuard.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoI have sideloaded apps where the malicious code has been removed (e.g. a Spotify client without ads). I bet this is an attempt to block them.
minus-squareMadis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoBut… they could’ve already done that with current tools? Not like these change the package ID often.
minus-squareTiger Jerusalem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThey could, but I think that would be too obvious. Why such system they could flag it at OS level with a big, scary warning and claim it was for security sake.
I bet a cookie that this will be used to kill apps like NewPipe and Revanced.
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Just curious, why a 5?
Yeah. Pixel 8 just launched. If you want a cheaper phone go for the 7s
Google offered $150 for my nearly new 7, I’m sure there will be quite a few on the used market.
Probably because of ROM support
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Why a Pixel 5? It’s end of life already.
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Or more an excuse to monitor and read app data
Or things like AdGuard.
I have sideloaded apps where the malicious code has been removed (e.g. a Spotify client without ads). I bet this is an attempt to block them.
But… they could’ve already done that with current tools? Not like these change the package ID often.
They could, but I think that would be too obvious. Why such system they could flag it at OS level with a big, scary warning and claim it was for security sake.