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The same opensource app, downloadable on both stores but paid on playstore and free on fdroid. Is it legal and is it ethical? Why?

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[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk -4 points 11 months ago (7 children)

True, but I think typically the Playstore version isn't always from the official maintainers and I'd consider it less trustworthy, even if free (unless the devs link to the playstore page on github/gitlab/codeberg/whatever).

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

the play store version isn't as trustworthy even if the original devs published it there, since google forced all developers a few years ago to hand over their signing keys. the signature is how you know the app wasn't modified by anyone, and that actually the developer released the apk

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Wait what? Really? That's terrible. Just... why?

[–] chebra@mstdn.io 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

I so hope they get broken down, AND have to pay some outrageous fines before that, AND have to comply to some insane rules that restrict them hard. And then make the rules apply to all of Big Tech: Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, make them all suffer as they should, after the damage they've caused.

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