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Google deleted an open source app I love (install from F-Droid) for being "Fake" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world

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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

Imagine doing a business if Google one day start to hate you.

No listing on most popular and the only search engine that counts. Most popular browser gives a big red warning for your website. Even with different browser it won't connect due to Google being the most popular DNS provider. No app on the only widely used app store on Android - the only OS phone manufactures use besides Apple. Your app is automatically uninstalled on >99% Android phones. Your calls gets blocked by Android spam detector. Your e-mails get blocked by Gmail. And besides that, Google would pumps all of your competition up.

That much power over the market is very dangerous and should not be legal.

[–] WolfhunterGer@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

KDE Connect is also available through Google Play and most likely signed with a different key as the F-Droid Version. Since Play Protect checks the App signatures, it probably detected this discrepancy and determined the App was fake. Not really an Assholedesign as this is a valid concern if a normal user downloads an app from the internet.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It could just ask before removing shit. Remove the permissions, freeze the app, prompt the user to confirm they meant to install it from somewhere other than the playstore. Hell, since it can detect F-Droid is installed, maybe use some context clues and ask the user to confirm this app was installed from there?

More importantly, can you tell it to ignore certain apps? I don't know, I've had Play Protect turned off forever. If not, that's absolutely asshole design.

[–] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

More importantly, can you tell it to ignore certain apps?

Yes, but it stops ignoring them after a while

[–] Darken@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

(open) play store
(tap) your profile picture
(open) Manage apps & device
(open) Google play protect
(tap) settings icon at the top
(disable) scan apps with play protect
congratulations, google will babysit us less than before
install kde connect again

Optional:

send a hate email to google support but do not abuse the employee reading it, because he is probably under pressure 25h a day by google

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hilariously, Google Play Protect is one of the worst tools on Android at detecting malware and triggering false positives, and consistently scores poorly in independent tests like AV-Test and AV-Comparatives. You can find links to these tests on the AMTSO website.