Seriously, I though Lemmy users would be a little more aware of this stuff. I’ve seen people openly saying they want to assault federal agents and government property, and now this guy

They can and most of the time they do complain about free apps

The main reason why I use open source is precisely because I don’t need or want to worry about this crap. The software is as much property of humanity as it is of the creator, it is basically just knowledge

I just decided not to play games that cutthroat with mine

First off, Google has made agressive deals with phone manufacturers to ship spyware with their phones by default, and some of the stuff can only get taken out by rooting/jailbreaking the phone. By doing so, they acquired nearly 100% of the app store market share, and then used it to make “useful features” such as integrity checks that are tied to the Play Services app (which is an always on spyware background app).
The end result is, even if you manage to root your phone and install a custom ROM (which is not always available to every model), a bunch of apps will refuse to work properly because you fail the Google Play fingerprinting steps and are assumed to be a security vulnerability. If I’m not mistaken there’s also some shady stuff with certificates, too

Google already does precisely that with their “open source” mobile OS. People underestimate how easily these guys can ruin stuff

I’ve gotten better at saying please and thank you often, I guess

League was the reason I stalled so long, too, but honestly, Riot is just as bad as Microsoft. Vanguard is unacceptable and we should make our voices heard by not playing their games anymore. There are so many great games running just fine on Linux, nowadays I don’t even feel like I’m restricted at all

What does this accomplish?

I feel this. Physical books are much better for reading but I miss grep so much when I need to consult