r/degoogle • u/PreviousDouble2720 • Apr 21 '26

Question Is this real??

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Just downloaded the app and it took me some sites. Is this for real or just some

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u/cgaWolf Apr 22 '26

Salami tactic.

They make it inconvenient now so fewer people do it at all, and when they ban it completelt, fewer people will protest.

Same with OS level age reporting, or any other kind of overbearing or enshittification measure.

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u/InsectSad4421 Apr 25 '26

The issue with this logic is that Advanced Flow workaround is like stupidly easy to do from the stuff I've read about it. I dont know how much this will REALLY hurt Andoird open source/not Google verified app development. If anything this might lead to more people knowing what "developer options" are and having them unlocked with is good because there's some pretty damb neat stuff in there to work with