Google has pulled multiple 'fediverse' Android apps from the Play Store for allegedly enabling access to hate speech, but critics say it's overreaching.
That’s exactly the problem, Google is basically trying to snuff out open alternatives to corporate social media. This is an incredibly disturbing development and shows the problem with the whole app store model. A deeper problem here is that phones locked from their users, and companies like Apple and Google decide what the user is able to run on them. We need to have open alternatives that put users back in control. I think it’s important to support alternatives like Librem, Pinephone, and Fairphone to combat this.
That’s exactly the problem, Google is basically trying to snuff out open alternatives to corporate social media. This is an incredibly disturbing development and shows the problem with the whole app store model. A deeper problem here is that phones locked from their users, and companies like Apple and Google decide what the user is able to run on them. We need to have open alternatives that put users back in control. I think it’s important to support alternatives like Librem, Pinephone, and Fairphone to combat this.