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minus-squareHudell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThey are gatekeeping which apps you can install, not the installation method.
minus-squareJustARaccoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWhich is just the loophole they’re trying to use now to assert control. This is just technicalities, the end result is that if you want to make apps for others to install they want to be the final say on you being allowed to do that or not.
They are gatekeeping which apps you can install, not the installation method.
Which is just the loophole they’re trying to use now to assert control. This is just technicalities, the end result is that if you want to make apps for others to install they want to be the final say on you being allowed to do that or not.