The two security features Google Play provides beyond web-installed APKs are the malware scanner that runs during app submission, and the ability to quickly delist apps that are discovered to be bad. Both could be opened up to all software sources rather easily.
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The malware scanner could run as an web-based APK-signing process, and those certificates could be revoked if malware is later discovered. This untying of Android security features from the Google Play Store would greatly advance Android’s safety as an open platform.
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And that’s it! There isn’t any magical security pixie dust achievable only with a smartphone app store monopoly. Any talk of this by platform companies is just silly propaganda.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic
Play and iOS store are such a blatant duopoly. Would be great to see Epic Games branch out from their coming success with VR using UE4 in the commercial sphere and start to make commercial apps and technology to combat the Silicon Valley rigged system.
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Would be great to see partners with
@brave and@EpicGames. I advocated for browser-based games while at Google as they target the untapped/emerging countries that can't afford current gaming tech. Perhaps a browser based Brave store for games like Chrome Web Store.@BrendanEich?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Many of the ills of web advertising would go away if secure web payments were exposed as simply as app store payments! Brave is doing awesome work there, and it's unfortunate to see so little progress with other browsers.
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