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Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid (www.neowin.net)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 42 points 11 months ago (3 children)

We as a society should be rethinking the term "security", if it's come to mean submitting to being jerked around however best suits some private company's interests instead of our own. If there's a central platform for its security benefit it should be democratically controlled instead of controlled by what are effectively feudal lords, or perhaps even an occupying force

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (2 children)

    The security I am talking about has nothing to do with being locked down. Linux could easily implement the same, but it probably never will, because it requires a bit of central management and vision. And Linux really struggles with that.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You're responding downthread of QubesOS being mentioned

    Sure it's hard to get that kind of security onto mainstream distros. But it exists.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago*

    Yeah, I was the one mentioning QubesOS. Since I tried it and didn't last a week because of how bad the user experience was. I am not a CIA spy, I am looking for a balance of security and usability and android is amazing at that. Sure, some things could be more secure. Sure, I can't do some things because GrapheneOS can't be rooted. But the balance is excellent. At least for me.

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