Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I can't help but comment wryly on how inevitable it was that Google would eventually close access to its open source platform. Thus, today, Slashdot: "A 'Keep Android Open' campaign is pushing back on new rules from Google that will reportedly block users from sideloading apps on Android phones. It's unclear who's running the campaign, but a blog post on the free Android app store F-Droid is directing users to visit the campaign's website, which urges the public to lobby government regulators to intervene." The best sideloaded apps. One of the apps that people have been sideloading: Bromite, an ad-blocking version of Chrome.

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