A Call for Public Discussion about App Store Oligopoly
3 days ago
- #App Store Oligopoly
- #Open Source
- #User Freedom
- The article discusses the risks of consolidated, proprietary control over smartphone app stores, highlighting corporate-government censorship.
- It mentions projects like F-Droid, GrapheneOS, and phosh as alternatives to centralized corporate control.
- The author compares smartphones to ankle monitors, emphasizing the tightening restrictions on user freedom.
- There is a call for public discussion and creative solutions for mutual technical liberation.
- The article advocates for non-Android, non-iOS systems while acknowledging the challenges in the current market.
- It suggests supporting initiatives like keepandroidopen.org to maintain Android's openness.