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Developers applying for approval are required to violate their privacy by disclosing their real-life identity to Google. | Developers applying for approval are required to violate their privacy by disclosing their real-life identity to Google. | ||
Google used false benevolence to excuse this restriction:<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 used false benevolence to excuse this restriction:<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 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251115170744/https://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-will-make-sideloading-apps-way-more-difficult-from-next-year_id173542 |archive-date=15 Nov 2025}}</ref> | ||
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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>{{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> | 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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=UgtFSHCGNIk |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</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 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118200050/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/oneplus-takes-on-the-ipad-with-the-oneplus-pad/ |archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</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>{{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> | 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 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251201031758/https://www.jodybruchon.com/2023/07/22/web-environment-integrity-must-be-stopped-enslavement-by-remote-attestation/ |archive-date=1 Dec 2025}}</ref> | ||
=="To enhance our services"== | =="To enhance our services"== | ||