#aurorastore — Public Fediverse posts

It seem that Google has too much time on their hands, so they are recently fucking with Aurora Store again. Huge pitty that EU has ever allowed such an unrestricted monopoly power to develop. Forcing everyone to use Google Play Store only through their app and targeting every alternative should be illegal. And that all was even before https://keepandroidopen.org/

#AuroraStore #Google #EU #KeepAndroidOpen #PhoneIsJustAComputer

I have to say, though, that the complete lack of communication from the people working on #AuroraStore about what was going on and what, if anything, they were doing has made me lose confidence in them. I couldn't find a single statement from them anywhere. I don't think there was anything they COULD do, but a simple acknowledgment that it was happening would have been reassuring. As it was, random users just had to look to other users for help

It seems #Google has stopped (for the moment) limiting apps being installed or updated through the #AuroraStore. It lasted about a week. Was that a shot over the bow? I can't imagine Google deciding to peacefully co-exist alongside open source Android use, beyond the control of Google. I'm afraid this was just a taste of things to come. #AuroraStoreApocalypse