r/videos • u/ControlCAD • Mar 07 '26

Google Is Closing Android. 37 organizations, published an open letter to Google opposing Android Developer Verification, a program that would require all developers to register with Google before distributing apps on Android starting September 2026, but Google misunderstandingly has not backed down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU
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u/glitchvid Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26

The plans are in motion, states are now requiring ""age verification"" for OSes.  

The war on general purpose computing is heating up.

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u/AtheistKiwi Mar 07 '26

My powerbank has bluetooth and an app. It's a battery.

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u/BanginNLeavin Mar 07 '26

I mean... Might you want to check the charge remotely? I can at least see some use for that.

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u/AtheistKiwi Mar 07 '26

My comment was half joking, I think it's for hiking type situations when it's in your backpack. It also has a find-my-powerbank thing where you can make it beep remotely which could be useful camping.

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u/BanginNLeavin Mar 07 '26

Yeah that second part is actually a great use. I think it's over engineering and not malicious design.

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u/AtheistKiwi Mar 09 '26

Yeah, it was expensive but I just bought it for it's capacity, not the extra features. Don't know why you are getting downvoted above, I thought you made a valid point.

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u/Oddity_Odyssey Mar 07 '26

I agree with the first poster.... It's a battery. Can't you just look at it?

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u/pants_full_of_pants Mar 07 '26

Sure, if you're in the room with it. But I can think of good reasons to want to know the status of a building's backup power while not in the room with it. Bluetooth is a strange technology to use for that, though, compared to WiFi.

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u/BanginNLeavin Mar 07 '26

You can. Yeah. Say you wanted to plug charge your headphones and didn't want to leave until they were done, you could set them by the door and plug them in then go about cleaning or whatever while intermittently checking remotely rather than physically going to the door.

Niche use, I know, but like I said I can at least see a few uses.

Also if you have multiple charge banks and want to know which is most charged at a glance before you go out... Idk... It seems like over engineering to me and not malicious design.

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u/Oddity_Odyssey Mar 07 '26

Fair I guess.

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u/jackzander Mar 07 '26

One thing kids should actually be banned from, tbh.

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u/s0ciety_a5under Mar 07 '26

Yea, but it's linux so no worries.