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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (youtube.com)
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https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

That’s keeps the used price for pixels high, which encourages people to buy new pixels cause they know it has a good resale market.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Child slaves labored to make raw materials for the device you're holding. Your purchase kept the market rate for raw materials high, encouraging the continued use of slave labor. Don't you feel bad?

    We do the best we can with the decisions we have available to us.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I agree, that’s why I have a Fairphone. It’s a way to minimize that impact.

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