Control and censorship. Imagine a developer distributing an apk that Google doesn’t like, let’s say, emulators, ad-blockers, VPNs (if they become illegal in some places), piracy apps or many others. Just remove their verified status and voilà.
This is awful. Google is quickly becoming a new walled garden, Apple-style.
This is literally VPN situation with iOS in mainland China. There are no VPN apps on the App Store. iOS users cannot bypass the firewall. For android, Huawei is trying to push this “Harmony OS” which could also end up being incompatible with .apks and perhaps outright block western apps.
Now the west is trying to copy this same playbook.
Once this is complete, they will target computers.
They will eventually have an “AI” chip that constantly scan your screen for any anti-regime keywords and censor it in real time.
Control and censorship. Imagine a developer distributing an apk that Google doesn’t like, let’s say, emulators, ad-blockers, VPNs (if they become illegal in some places), piracy apps or many others. Just remove their verified status and voilà.
This is awful. Google is quickly becoming a new walled garden, Apple-style.
This is literally VPN situation with iOS in mainland China. There are no VPN apps on the App Store. iOS users cannot bypass the firewall. For android, Huawei is trying to push this “Harmony OS” which could also end up being incompatible with .apks and perhaps outright block western apps.
Now the west is trying to copy this same playbook.
Once this is complete, they will target computers.
They will eventually have an “AI” chip that constantly scan your screen for any anti-regime keywords and censor it in real time.
Literally a global digital dark age.
Oh wait- I seem to recall…
Once we think the world wide web as a space and we look at what those in power have done with physical spaces… well, it’s kinda depressing