Another day, another malicious Open Source app clone on #GooglePlay
Of course, according to Google, this app does not violate the "impersonation" policy. Probably because they're making money off the malicious clone (given it contains ads) but not off the original app.
The sad and hilarious thing is that computer nerds already control the means of production they're just not doing anything with it other than what they're told.
@mhoye Then, they opted for #github to host their code, they built it around Github's CI/CD. They adopted #copilot. Ah, they also built their community on #discord and release their work on centralized proprietary platforms (e.g. #googleplay). Now, they own nothing.
De momento #Telegram sigue funcionando en #España, con o sin #VPN o #proxy, pero los canales parecen estar bloqueados en la versión de la app descargada por #GooglePlay.
En cualquier caso usar una VPN o un proxy de una VPN de pago siempre con Telegram es buena idea.
Nice, #Catima is popular enough for cloned versions with the copyright info illegally stripped and advertisement and tracking added to start appearing on the "well-moderated" #GooglePlay store.
It's kinda hilarious to me, because the About screen also contains the privacy policy. Which means that these apps removing the About screen are already breaking Google Play policy by not having a clear privacy policy inside the app.
Games account for 73% of consumer spend on Google Play, report says
> Overall consumer spending in gaming almost doubled in the last two years.
> data.ai identified #US, #China and #Japan to be the largest markets for consumer spending on mobile game’s across iOS and Google Play. Chinese consumer does not have access to #Googleplay.
As usual, it became clear that there were a few minor component adjustments that needed made before the #production rollout of the new #mobileapp update...go figure!
All's well that ends well, though I suppose...it's now live on #googleplay! Definitely a great feeling of relief to finally get this update out there to provide users with a much more polished interface design. #android#reactnative#development 🙌 :android: 😎