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Google is making it mandatory to have Play Services for its next-generation reCAPTCHA system on Android.
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Your phone will need to be running Play Services version 25.41.30 or greater when the system asks you to scan a QR code for verification.
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This hurdle means that de-Googled phones will fail the verification test by default.
Would this pass in EU? Seems anti competition. Do we need another movement like stop chat control to mobilize people?
Probably not, but my expectations is the EU will slam them with a record fine of 0.03% of their monthly revenue after 5 years of investigations and obligation to provide an alternative solution, that they will work around so it still does not fix anything.
By the time the damages would be done.
Has anyone seen the benefits of EU’s mandatory opening of chat systems to third parties yet??
Oh god ur right :(
Yeah, this should definitely not be allowed. Google should not be allowed to dictate which operating systems people are allowed to use. And no doubt that this is harmful to many European companies and prevents competition in the space of mobile operating systems.
That said, it remains to be seen if anything will get done about it.
It’s not just anti-competition, but anti-privacy - Google will know exactly who is going to what sites, regardless of your browser.