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Google says you should think of the new requirements like checking IDs at the airport. | Google says you should think of the new requirements like checking IDs at the airport. | ||
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<ref> | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Temelkov |first=Ilia |date=2025-08-25 |title=Google will make sideloading apps way more difficult from next year |url=https://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-will-make-sideloading-apps-way-more-difficult-from-next-year_id173542 |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=PhoneArea}}</ref> | ||
Google is implying to users that "because it's necessary and accepted there, it's just as necessary here too". This is an invalid comparison given that airplanes belong to their respective airlines while a smartphone belongs to the person who purchased it. It is more similar to Google installing an airport security station infront of home owners' doorsteps. Google takes ownership away from smartphone buyers by assuming the final authority on which software can run on Android devices. | Google is implying to users that "because it's necessary and accepted there, it's just as necessary here too". This is an invalid comparison given that airplanes belong to their respective airlines while a smartphone belongs to the person who purchased it. It is more similar to Google installing an airport security station infront of home owners' doorsteps. Google takes ownership away from smartphone buyers by assuming the final authority on which software can run on Android devices. | ||
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The OnePlus Pad has a serialized battery, meaning the device detects repairs not approved by OnePlus, which can result in functionality being disabled. This is an anti-repair practice first seen on Apple iPhone 11. | The OnePlus Pad has a serialized battery, meaning the device detects repairs not approved by OnePlus, which can result in functionality being disabled. This is an anti-repair practice first seen on Apple iPhone 11. | ||
However, OnePlus marketed this practice as "encrypting" the battery. Given that people associate "encryption" with something positive (for example end-to-end encryption on a messaging service), OnePlus attempted to "recycle" this word to glorify an anti-repair practice.<ref> | However, OnePlus marketed this practice as "encrypting" the battery. Given that people associate "encryption" with something positive (for example end-to-end encryption on a messaging service), OnePlus attempted to "recycle" this word to glorify an anti-repair practice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=2023-02-08 |title=Oneplus' tablet uses an encrypted battery; how's that for repairability? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgtFSHCGNIk |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=YouTube |type=Video}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2023-02-07 |title=OnePlus takes on the iPad with the OnePlus Pad |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/oneplus-takes-on-the-ipad-with-the-oneplus-pad/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref> | ||
==="Web Environment Integrity API" by Google=== | ==="Web Environment Integrity API" by Google=== | ||
Google tried to implement Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on the Internet, giving it the name "Web Environment Integrity API".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0Ho-x7s_U Google's trying to DRM the internet, and we have to make sure they fail] - Louis Rossmann ([https://www.brighteon.com/1f4125e9-f0cd-46a3-bf38-0ff22881c0f9 Brighteon mirror], [https://old.bitchute.com/video/Jl7ze8KjhWvK/ BitChute mirror])</ref><ref> | Google tried to implement Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on the Internet, giving it the name "Web Environment Integrity API".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0Ho-x7s_U Google's trying to DRM the internet, and we have to make sure they fail] - Louis Rossmann ([https://www.brighteon.com/1f4125e9-f0cd-46a3-bf38-0ff22881c0f9 Brighteon mirror], [https://old.bitchute.com/video/Jl7ze8KjhWvK/ BitChute mirror])</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bruchon |first=Jody |date=2023-07-22 |title=Web Environment Integrity Must Be Stopped: Enslavement By "Remote Attestation" |url=https://www.jodybruchon.com/2023/07/22/web-environment-integrity-must-be-stopped-enslavement-by-remote-attestation/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=jodybruchon.com}}</ref> | ||
=="To enhance our services"== | =="To enhance our services"== | ||
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=="To streamline the experience"== | =="To streamline the experience"== | ||
===Fewer ports on modern laptops=== | ===Fewer ports on modern laptops=== | ||
In the 2000s and early 2010s, three or four USB ports built into laptops were not uncommon. Modern laptops in contrast usually feature one or two USB-A ports and might feature an USB-C port, in addition to less modular and less upgradeable parts. In reality, this has the opposite effect: due to fewer built-in ports on their laptops, the user is forced to carry hubs and adapters to be able to use the same functionality as before, which outweighs any portability benefit that the thinness might have afforded. Netbooks already existed as the category of laptops for people primarily interested in thinness.<ref> | In the 2000s and early 2010s, three or four USB ports built into laptops were not uncommon. Modern laptops in contrast usually feature one or two USB-A ports and might feature an USB-C port, in addition to less modular and less upgradeable parts. In reality, this has the opposite effect: due to fewer built-in ports on their laptops, the user is forced to carry hubs and adapters to be able to use the same functionality as before, which outweighs any portability benefit that the thinness might have afforded. Netbooks already existed as the category of laptops for people primarily interested in thinness.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Victor |date=2022-11-24 |title=Why are so many laptops having less ports? |url=https://www.easydongle.com/why-do-new-laptops-have-less-ports/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/2022.12.17-000103/https://www.easydongle.com/why-do-new-laptops-have-less-ports/ |archive-date=2022-12-17 |access-date=2025-10-02 |website=easydongle.com}} </ref> | ||
===Google wants to help cleaning up MicroSD cards by denying normal write access=== | ===Google wants to help cleaning up MicroSD cards by denying normal write access=== | ||