Google Play gives Minds 24 hr warning
(www.minds.com)
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Thankfully you can download the full APK straight from them.
That's going to stop literally like 90% of people from using minds.
It's not going to stop anyone who cares and those are the only ones who would use it instead of mainstream anyway.
More reason to use the F-Droid app store, on the plus side.
Maybe. But they're stopping any chance of it threatening their mainstream appeal. That's a big deal.
It cannot win. Decentralization of information channels already exists and will be getting better increasingly quickly as they clasp. People will seek them out, in time.
Big tech are quite fucking stupid, aren't they?
I wouldn’t say stupid. By pulling Minds from the store, they are dissuading those who aren’t interested in performing extra steps from using it. The normies are not interested in anything that isn’t given to them on a silver plate.
You wouldn't believe how clueless/lazy most normies are. If it involves more steps (or even different steps) than the ones they first learned, they won't even try to do it.
That includes those who are otherwise "tech savvy ".
At this point, if any of these apps, social media, or websites that proclaim themselves as privacy minded DON'T offer direct download, I figure they're the stupid ones.
Exactly, they don't even upgrade their features because they are too busy pretending to be moral arbitors.
Installing 3rd party APKs invalidates most store warranties, just FYI.