They cut his fingers off. It’s definitely AI.

Hey, I wear t-shirts over plaid sometimes. It’s not fashionable right now, but this is a little too judgemental.

You know what. Fuck Linda Park, fuck this ass-kissing Google loving article. “designed to protect users from malicious software and scams” and the article keeps this tone throughout. This is not about protecting users! It’s about tightening the grip on control of the app ecosystem.

Consider android authoritys article https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-sideloading-unverified-apps-new-rules-3650343/

That at least has a little survey where you can express your take on this change

If you want a better perspective of the real impact of this for devs :
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/google_android_developer_verification_plan/

You’re confusing corporate hegemonies in bed with an ultra-corrupt federal government for software that would respect someone’s privacy.

Does it really matter if checks and balances have been wiped out? Seems like just a label.

Imagine they would at the very least have some sort of double check procedure like a skin color chart they could reference if there was any question.

Hurt myself laughing at that last line. Are you doubting the mighty power of enshitification? Are you the last true believer in corporate quality?

Looks like another subscription service.

I’ve been using Stirling. It’s a little quirky sometimes but works fairly well. I’ve heard pdf gear is decent too

Do you think they were trying to make that photo look like 1991 or they just can’t help it?

Fond memories of the family computer, but man this website is nausea-inducing. 90s pages had some bad backgrounds but he scrolled WITH the text!

? And apparently Tim Apple isn’t even called Tim Apple? Is this whole company some sort of mirage?

Must be at least a little less embarrassing when it’s not your primary mode of transit.

Yes but even then the advertised speed is much lower or variable dependent on local loads. Even in cities it’s usually regional cartels and downtime and service issues are not taken seriously.

What a relief. As long as we are all tracked at all times by both government and corporations, we can finally be free of the burden of ticket scalping. It’s a small price to pay for this great reward. I think we can turn our attention toward solving other oppressive plagues like Jay walking and double parking now.

Instructions unclear, phone wedged in vagina.

Leave me alone mom

Why would corporate billionaires and pedophile politicians want to keep kids safe? This has nothing to do with that.

Put your longjohns out there and bounce on the damn thing to show him.

Well we certainly can’t have both.

Their update server seems universally throttled. It should somehow selectively throttle, like default to a slow download but if the user is sitting right there and needs to use the damn laptop, allow a button to manually release throttling and download quickly.

I’ve had nothing but problems with win update. Since I’ve switched to the win10 alphabet version recently to get extended update support, update seems to fail and require manual download of update packages. It’s been a real pain.