Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024::The “Manifest V3” rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

  • akafester@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well… for now at least. Who’s to say that won’t be the next thing on their list. They do make a pretty penny on the play store as is, and could improve that if they banned side-loading. And let’s be honest, side-loading is probably a niche thing still.

    • fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Niche for common people, but very much used by privacy concerned tech ppl. F-droid is a thing and so is obtainium, 2 play store alternatives that are side-loaded and give access to FOSS apps.

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Some manufacturers limit rooting, promote their appstores, recomend to redownload a freshly installed app but now from them, have their ‘antivirus’ and ‘cache’ scanners, randomly unload background apps they think are less valuable from RAM and revoke their permissions while their own apps require additional permissions and accounts even though they just switch wallpapers or play videos. If we look at that, Google have much to implement and still have side-loading availiable, just very disencouraged.