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by Avamander 1814 days ago
> So? Presumably you are going to continue to interact with the app.

It changes a lot. Apps losing their data is much more disruptive than the silent replacement incorrectly touted earlier.

> Forced monetization is an even stupider conspiracy than NSA spying since it would require wide use rather than targeted changes.

So? YouTube did it on content creators' content. Obvious yes, but directly enabled by the lack of dev-controlled signing keys.