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Yaina commented on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android 9to5google.com/2025/08/25... · Posted by u/kotaKat

godelski · 3 days ago

  > I could see that this is also an issue for scam apps.

I don't deny that it can be used to reduce scams, but I think there are far better ways to solve this that don't give authoritarian countries extra powers. Thing is, signing doesn't actually address the problem. It is a way to track the problem, not prevent the problem. Don't confuse the two.

  > Firefox for instance does not allow you to install unsigned extensions.

That's absolutely not true[0]. You need to sign the extension to publish it to their app store but you don't need it to install. Btw, the Playstore already does this too. Which I'm totally okay with!

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...

  For other people to use your extension, you need ***to package it and submit it to Mozilla*** for signing.

Yaina · 3 days ago

It is true, and what you quoted does not contradict this.

https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/signing-...

You can temporarily install extensions in about:debugging, but everything permanent needs to be signed.

> Add-ons need to be signed before they can be installed into release and beta versions of Firefox. This signing process takes place through addons.mozilla.org (AMO), whether you choose to distribute your add-on through AMO or to do it yourself.

Yaina commented on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android 9to5google.com/2025/08/25... · Posted by u/kotaKat

godelski · 4 days ago

  > What they want is to get rid of apps like YouTube Vanced

I think it is also very telling where they're rolling out first. Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore.

It felt weird that the official press release was quoting entities from these countries, as if it should give confidence to the rest of the world. I can't imagine what these countries would want with apps that can be traced back to a government id...

Vanced and such is more of a First World/Western issue. I don't think you're wrong but I got a strong gut feeling there's other pressures in the works. Just something doesn't smell right...

Yaina · 3 days ago

Hm, not sure about that. I know from browser add-ons that markets like Brazil do suffer from increased scams, especially banking scams. I could see that this is also an issue for scam apps.

Firefox for instance does not allow you to install unsigned extensions. You don't need to list them on their storefront, but they want to perform automated tests and have the ability to block extensions through this signing requirement.

So in principle I can see them wanting to address a legitimate issue, but the way they are going about this is way to centralized. IMO they should do something like we have for web certificates, where vendors can add more root authorities than just the one from Google, and users should be able to add their own root certificates if they want to side load apps.

Yaina commented on VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles techcrunch.com/2025/01/09... · Posted by u/jmsflknr

Yaina · 8 months ago

It's really sad that I'm reading "open source model" and think "hmhm, as if".

Maybe they're really using a truly open source model (probably not) but the meaning of the word is muddied already.

Yaina commented on Trump wins presidency for second time thehill.com/homenews/camp... · Posted by u/koolba

apexalpha · 10 months ago

Not super worried from a European perspective, it might even spur on some cooperation in our own union, which I support.

Just a bit nervous for Ukraine... I wish Europe could step up on that front but we just don't have the capacity for it. Which is entirely our own fault, Trump is right to call us out on our reliance on the US. It's our continent we should be the one spearheading this.

Hopefully that will change in the near future. But that doesn't help Ukraine now.

The democrats need to do some serious introspection on their policies and priorities. And perhaps just return to running a white male as candidate...

Oh well at least it's a very clear victory, so no weeks or months of anxiety over the results.

Yaina · 10 months ago

I'd be nice if the EU would step up and become more self sufficient with Trump in the White House.

Though I am nervous. I think Trump could still do us a lot of harm.

Yaina commented on Trump wins presidency for second time thehill.com/homenews/camp... · Posted by u/koolba

carom · 10 months ago

Calling republicans far right is the exact rhetoric that alienates and divides people. Take the next four years to try to find some common ground with the right.

Yaina · 10 months ago

Common ground. The whole democratic apparatus of the United States might get severely hollowed out for the foreseeable future, and you're talking about finding common ground.

Yaina commented on How America's universities became debt factories anandsanwal.me/college-st... · Posted by u/car

Yaina · a year ago

It's somewhat besides the point of the piece and might be unfair, but I can't help to feel an immediate sense of distrust for any piece of writing that uses AI images.

Anyways, tying lending terms to the value of the degree sounds like a horrible idea, because how do you even determine that?

Seems to me the big issue is A) that the loans are managed b private companies with ridiculous terms and that even public state universities can basically behave like private companies by increasing prices this much.

Why can't the government not just radioactive prices for their own universities

Yaina commented on Minimal Web mnmlist.com/w/... · Posted by u/zacharykai

alternatex · a year ago

A good sized readable font is a bit funny though. That line of text is very small on my phone and I presume most people today browse on phones. I can also imagine some phones with a higher resolution show this text even smaller making it completely illegible.

I'm all about minimalism so long as it doesn't hurt UX but these examples of minimalism always end up going too far. It's like it becomes a competition for minimalists - "look how much more minimal I am than you! Therefore I'm a better minimalist."

Yaina · a year ago

Interesting, I'm also on my phone (Pixel 6) and I found the text on the site to be somewhat too big. Sounds like it's different for some reason?

But I agree, I don't think this website is revolutionizing readability by being extremely plain.

Yaina commented on About Passkey – the password-free tech Apple is betting on fastcompany.com/91146873/... · Posted by u/gautamsomani

Yaina · a year ago

The biggest hurdle to passkey adoption is going to be, how complicated they are to implement for developers (relative to their advantages). I think that's the much more pressing matter than user adoption.

Yaina commented on Figma OSS Alternative penpot.app/... · Posted by u/noashavit

wordofx · a year ago

Designers sure do seem to complain about figma a lot tho.

Yaina · a year ago

Doesn't ever profession complain about the tools they use?

Yaina commented on Grats: A More Pleasant Way to Build TypeScript GraphQL Servers jordaneldredge.com/blog/g... · Posted by u/CharlesW

Yaina · a year ago

I think this is a cool tool, although my personal preference when working with GraphQL is to have it be a very thin layer over my graphQL agnostic API function calls.