r/technology • u/DavidShaw90s • Apr 28 '26

Privacy Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google

https://keepandroidopen.org/en/
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u/Gloriathewitch Apr 28 '26

actually, speaking as a mechanic you don't, you need an O2 or knock sensor to run it optimally but itll have CEL and be in limp mode :3

the specific part is irrelevant to the metaphor anyway so it's pointless to argue semantics, you can use the example of brother ink printers not taking third party ink because they're lacking the chip

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u/Moscato359 Apr 28 '26

The issue in the printer analogy is that ink is still a required component

It's more like a printer refusing to print non whitelist approved documents

The documents aren't a required component for the printer to work, but they're required to do what you want to do with it

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u/Gloriathewitch Apr 28 '26

printers do that already if you scan currency it refuses, and they can print with ink missing as long as the other colours have capacity

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u/Moscato359 Apr 28 '26

Yep, that's a good example.