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minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoThey’re not removing a feature though, so that whole argument falls over instantly.
minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-224 hours agoToday: I can sideload a non verified apk. After the update: I grab the same apk and I can’t sideload it.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-223 hours agoThat’s not removing a feature though, it’s just changing it. Side loading is the feature.
minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·23 hours agoYou could do something with the device, now you can’t. That’s illegal here.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours agoI very much doubt that’s how the law works lol
minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours agoSure… and you’re telling me that because?
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours agoBecause you’re wrong.
minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours agoI’m not. It’s cute you believe you understand the legal context better than I do though. But that’s still not an answer, I don’t give a shit if you believe that’s how it works or not.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoIt’s cute that you think that simply changing a feature is illegal lol
They’re not removing a feature though, so that whole argument falls over instantly.
Today: I can sideload a non verified apk.
After the update: I grab the same apk and I can’t sideload it.
That’s not removing a feature though, it’s just changing it. Side loading is the feature.
You could do something with the device, now you can’t.
That’s illegal here.
I very much doubt that’s how the law works lol
Sure… and you’re telling me that because?
Because you’re wrong.
I’m not. It’s cute you believe you understand the legal context better than I do though. But that’s still not an answer, I don’t give a shit if you believe that’s how it works or not.
It’s cute that you think that simply changing a feature is illegal lol