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'Keep Android Open' Campaign Pushes Back On Google's Sideloading Restrictions - Slashdot
October 31, 2025 at 8:57:07 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -A "Keep Android Open" campaign is pushing back on new rules from Google that will reportedly block users from sideloading apps on Android phones
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/30/2225257/keep-android-open-campaign-pushes-back-on-googles-sideloading-restrictions
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Some Workers Are Turning To Pay-Advance Apps for Basic Expenses - Slashdot
October 7, 2025 at 6:45:22 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -but workers are often using the apps to manage basic expenses like groceries, rent and other needs, a new report found
- https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/06/1938255/some-workers-are-turning-to-pay-advance-apps-for-basic-expenses
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Nepal rolls back social media ban after deadly protests rock capital | Nepal | The Guardian
September 9, 2025 at 7:54:43 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Nepal’s government has lifted its ban on 26 prominent social media apps and messaging services after at least 19 people were killed and more than 200 injured in clashes on Monday
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-lifted-gen-z-kathmandu
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Digitale Sackgassen – Wie der Zwang zu Apps, Authentifizierung und Konten unsere Selbstbestimmung aushebelt
August 20, 2025 at 5:54:36 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Digitale Sackgassen – Wie der Zwang zu Apps, Authentifizierung und Konten unsere Selbstbestimmung aushebelt
- https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=137689
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Google räumt auf: Anzahl der Apps im Play Store auf fast die Hälfte reduziert | heise online
May 1, 2025 at 9:29:40 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -Play Store hat innerhalb eines Jahres über eine Million Apps verloren – das ist fast die Hälfte
- https://www.heise.de/news/Google-raeumt-auf-Anzahl-der-Apps-im-Play-Store-auf-fast-die-Haelfte-reduziert-10368126.html
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The Google Play Store introduces a Verified badge for trusted VPN apps - GSMArena.com news
January 29, 2025 at 2:48:22 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -Google Play Store introduces a Verified badge for trusted VPN apps
- https://m.gsmarena.com/the_google_play_store_introduces_a_verified_badge_for_trusted_vpn_apps-news-66301.php
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Standort-Tracking weit verbreitet: Mehr als 40.000 Apps sammeln Positionsdaten | heise online
January 16, 2025 at 7:21:25 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Datenleck bei Gravy Analytics gab erste Hinweise, nun ist klar: mehr als 40.000 Apps sammeln Positionsdaten
- https://www.heise.de/news/Standort-Tracking-weit-verbreitet-Mehr-als-40-000-Apps-sammeln-Positionsdaten-10243629.html
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‘It feels like admin’: why are people falling out of love with dating apps? | Online dating | The Guardian
December 10, 2024 at 2:11:04 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -modern digital dating gave users the illusion of choice but people were realising that there was little difference between platforms
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/08/it-feels-like-admin-why-are-people-falling-out-of-love-with-dating-apps
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Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users | Online dating | The Guardian
November 3, 2024 at 8:30:18 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -dating apps, which have been downloaded hundreds of millions of times worldwide, are “exploitative” and are designed not to be deleted but to be addictive, to retain users in order to create revenue
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/03/addicted-to-love-how-dating-apps-exploit-their-users
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Tinder, OKCupid, Grindr & Co. lassen intime Daten abfließen | heise online
August 9, 2024 at 10:34:21 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Sicherheitsforscher haben 15 populäre Dating-Apps abgeklopft: Sämtliche Apps geben intime Daten wie sexuelle Orientierung oder genaue Aufenthaltsorte preis
- https://www.heise.de/news/Tinder-OKCupid-Grindr-Co-lassen-intime-Daten-abfliessen-9830067.html
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How earned wage access apps like EarnIn, MoneyLion, and DailyPay work - Vox
September 14, 2023 at 8:38:12 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Sie finden doch immer wieder neue Wege die Leute abzuzocken
- https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23863440/early-earned-wage-access-apps-payday-loans-regulation-earnin-moneylion-dailypay
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Facebook entfernt "News"-Bereich in Deutschland | heise online
September 10, 2023 at 12:15:27 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Facebook: keine News mehr in DE ab Dezember, weil "uninteressant"
- https://www.heise.de/news/Facebook-entfernt-News-Bereich-in-Deutschland-9295582.html
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https://uxdesign.cc/i-was-on-tiktok-for-30-days-it-is-manipulative-addictive-and-harmful-to-privacy-9e25445a9122
August 2, 2022 at 1:18:31 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -"...uses manipulative user experience (UX) design to keep users glued to it. It is built to trigger compulsive use, especially in more impressionable audiences such as teenagers. It is also harmful to privacy"
- https://uxdesign.cc/i-was-on-tiktok-for-30-days-it-is-manipulative-addictive-and-harmful-to-privacy-9e25445a9122
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Working in the software industry, circa 1989 – Jim Grey
July 11, 2022 at 6:42:15 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Wie es war 1989 in der Softwareindustrie zu arbeiten (Kurzfassung: hardcore)
- https://dev.jimgrey.net/2022/07/05/working-in-the-software-industry-circa-1989/
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Freenode commits suicide, is no longer a serious IRC network
June 18, 2021 at 7:46:19 PM GMT+2 * - permalink -Freenode commits suicide, is no longer a serious IRC network
- https://www.devever.net/~hl/freenode_suicide
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COVID-Tests: Google-Schwester Verily ignoriert Lebensrealität Armer | heise online
October 29, 2020 at 2:05:00 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -55 Millionen US-Dollar teures COVID19-Test-Projekt: Smartphone und Gmail ein MUSTHAVE, nur möglich mit Weitergabe persönlicher Daten an Dritte - so sieht ein Complete Fail aus
- https://www.heise.de/meinung/COVID-Tests-Google-Schwester-Verily-ignoriert-Lebensrealitaet-Armer-4941959.html
