What we really need is competent government oversight that would prevent this outright as monopolist. There’s no chance of the current US doing that, but it could come from the European Union. That has become the only governmental entity that is still interested in protected individuals from predatory corporations.
Failing that, I’m wondering if we could establish an organization of “designated developers”. People who volunteer to become the contact point for various applications, whether or not they are actually involved in developing them.
The other thing that might eventually help is to sue Google, on a massive scale, every time they leak developer info. The leaks are going to happen. If they become expensive enough it could force change. Of course, that kind of after-the-fact attack is not likely to revive the development efforts that will have already been destroyed.
Well one thing to keep in mind is that a new OS could arise out of necessity to maintain software independence from the US - China has already done so with HarmonyOS (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS), and I would be very surprised if something similar never arises from another nation or collective in the future.
Of course the ultimate casualty is that we are moving towards a de-globalized future in the US’s flailing attempts to prevent it. I wonder how strong app compatibility will be across platforms in a few years.
What we really need is competent government oversight that would prevent this outright as monopolist. There’s no chance of the current US doing that, but it could come from the European Union. That has become the only governmental entity that is still interested in protected individuals from predatory corporations.
Failing that, I’m wondering if we could establish an organization of “designated developers”. People who volunteer to become the contact point for various applications, whether or not they are actually involved in developing them.
The other thing that might eventually help is to sue Google, on a massive scale, every time they leak developer info. The leaks are going to happen. If they become expensive enough it could force change. Of course, that kind of after-the-fact attack is not likely to revive the development efforts that will have already been destroyed.
Well one thing to keep in mind is that a new OS could arise out of necessity to maintain software independence from the US - China has already done so with HarmonyOS (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS), and I would be very surprised if something similar never arises from another nation or collective in the future.
Of course the ultimate casualty is that we are moving towards a de-globalized future in the US’s flailing attempts to prevent it. I wonder how strong app compatibility will be across platforms in a few years.