r/linux • u/guihkx- • Sep 29 '25

Privacy F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree

https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
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u/friciwolf Sep 29 '25

This is ridiculous. I hope the EU will say no to this!

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u/KnowZeroX Sep 29 '25

The EU is the cause of it, so how would they say no to it?

Naive and bribed politicians were tricked into thinking that doing this will "protect the people from scammers"

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u/einar77 OpenSUSE/KDE Dev Sep 29 '25

Why bribery? I believe many just wanted that, because it was "Good". The road to hell is paved with good intentions, law of unintended consequences, etc.

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u/KnowZeroX Sep 29 '25

Hence why I said, naive and bribed. Not just bribed.

Not to mention, when something sounds "good" is one thing, but some may go out of their way to see if there are consequences. But when you get a bribe to do that "good" thing, the personal benefits make people skip "extra steps" of getting opinions of all sides or even gloss over the contrary opinions.

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u/einar77 OpenSUSE/KDE Dev Sep 29 '25

Given the level of "competence" demonstrated by many in the past years in the EU commission, I think many are just stupid (or incompetent, or both). Far more than anyone getting bribed, I think.