leafnose
I tried to submit something but they said I had to pass a google spam catch a thing which mysteriously wouldn't show up
this is what I wrote, if anyone can help me get past the Turing test to submit this I'd be happy:
Hi I am a person who uses computers. that is not my real name or email as I don't like being tracked.
I prefer to use custom mobile operating system Roms because google has such bad privacy policies and lies so much.
I don't like google closed-source telemetry reporting on my choices and sold without consent either through deceit like fine print terms or just not even telling me.
Recently google has gotten even more evil with the integrity play api. All financial Apps and official apps use it, resulting in limited consumer choice. Much like Apple not allowing apps to be side loaded and requiring an apple store it hurts consumer choice in many ways.
Although google would say play integrity api makes things safer for consumers it means that users end up locked into the google ecosystem., since any custom ROM can't use financial Apps since Google wont allow other OSs that run Android Apps to use play integrity API. Most people can't afford many phones and plans and so people end up stuck with Apple or Google. Some developers made Operating systems with open source code so consumers know their data is safe. Some of these custom open source ROMs can run Android Apps but isn't Android and has no google software built in to monitor user behavior to sell ads. Some of these are just as safe as Google's Android Operating system but Google has no process to allow any custom OS to apply to be certified in Integrity API, they are just locked out. its unfair to consumers!
If Consumers can't run any of the important Apps they need except with Google Android and Apple iOS, how can consumers have a choice other than 2 US companies that don't publish their code, both of whom collect data in undisclosed ways and 1 of which harvests that data to sell many ads?
Please help the consumers! Please stop pLay Integrity API from ruining different options for consumers!
Here is an article:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/loss-of-popular-2fa-tool-puts-security-minded-grapheneos-in-a-paradox/
Google claims it's about safety and preventing rooting but this is also about locking consumers into the google and apple ecosystems. there are OSes that don't have rooting but google won't provide integrity play api access.
also feel free to take out any incoherent or weird parts if you want to submit it for me.