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Holy crap, google is apparently taking down all/most fediverse apps from google play on the grounds that that some servers in the fediverse engage in hate speech. At least three apps I know of anyway and I'd imagine the others will follow soon under the exact same reasoning.} Seems to be the case with Husky, Fedilab, and "subway" tooter.
this is a scary precedent if google play is going to ban any apps that can in any way be used to access content with hate speech. So what about a forum client, do they take that down just because there is a forum somewhere on the internet posting hate speech?
This is particularly worrisome because for most people Google Play is the only way they understand to install apps at all.
Picture attached of one of the notices received by fedilab.
https://toot.fedilab.app/@fedilab/104761140268193772
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/104763960269049818
@fedilab @tateisu #fediverse #mastoadmin #freespeech #censorship
This is one of the reasons why Linux phones are important. IMHO using LineageOS or any other AOSP-based OS (whenever possible) isn't even sufficient, because they are still based on technology controlled by Google. We need to be completely free of Google and Apple on mobile phones.
Of course, I own a #Pinephone #UBports Community Edition. I have been almost Android-free for a year, at least mobility-wise, using #UbuntuTouch on a used compatible phone. Unfortunately I still have to rely on an Android authentication app to log in to my employer's VPN from home.
I intend on testing postmarketOS at some point.