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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Jun 2016

    Regarding an Android version: Google is the biggest tracker out there & has banned content blockers from its store.http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/03/01/google-explicitly-bans-ad-blockers-from-the-play-store-except-all-those-ad-blocking-web-browsers-apparently/ …

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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        That said, if anyone wants to make a browser for Android & use Better content, it’s Creative Commons, so you can :)https://twitter.com/aral/status/738988564814438400 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        Regarding an Android version: Google is the biggest tracker out there & has banned content blockers from its store. http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/03/01/google-explicitly-bans-ad-blockers-from-the-play-store-except-all-those-ad-blocking-web-browsers-apparently/ …
        2 replies 5 retweets 7 likes
      3. Really!?‏ @Johan3362 4 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        I was busy getting to grips with block-chain tech but will put that on hold and check see if I can pitch in somehow, somewhere soon.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jun 2016
        Replying to @Johan3362

        Thank you :) Watch this space for ways to help very soon :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Michael Allen C. Isaac‏ @x86ninja 4 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        its super easy to side load apps, if your app is popular it doesn't need the Play Store

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jun 2016
        Replying to @x86ninja

        I’d love to see stats on the % of Android users without a special interest in tech who side-load apps ;)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Michael Allen C. Isaac‏ @x86ninja 4 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        0% - Done.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. NoDPI‏ @NoDPI 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        You don't necessarily need to distribute through the Google store. eg F-Droid. "F-Droid respects your privacy. We don’t track you".

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Jake Archibald‏ @jaffathecake 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @NoDPI

        here are loads of ad-block browsers in the play store. Unfortunately @aral lies to further his own agenda.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Jake Archibald‏ @jaffathecake 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @jaffathecake @NoDPI

        Jake Archibald Retweeted

        this goes as far as accusing Google of child abuse https://twitter.com/aral/status/495897625343057920 … - the same propaganda shit Putin pulls.

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      5. NoDPI‏ @NoDPI 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @jaffathecake

        Whereas you consider tracking & profiling people online, even children, is somehow an acceptable social behaviour? @aral.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Jake Archibald‏ @jaffathecake 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @NoDPI

        why are you telling me what I think?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Jake Archibald‏ @jaffathecake 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @jaffathecake @NoDPI

        I guess it's easier to imagine what I think and get angry about it than deal with the evidence of lies & tricks from others

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. NoDPI‏ @NoDPI 6 Jun 2016
        Replying to @jaffathecake

        I don't know, you tell me... You're the one calling people "liars" & "propagandists". Not me, I asked you a polite question.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Jake Archibald‏ @jaffathecake 6 Jun 2016
        Replying to @NoDPI

        sorry, what do you want me to tell you?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. heracles@mastodon.social‏ @Arty2 4 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Some system wide blockers exist out of Play Store, yet you can still use Firefox add-ons :) @AndroidPolice

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      2. Jeff Miller‏ @jmeowmeow 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        .@aral I got the @brave / LinkBubble anti-ad browser from the Android Play Store.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Jeff Miller‏ @jmeowmeow 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @jmeowmeow

        .@aral That said, Android store's inability to _search_ by minimal app permissions (from Google!) is the clearest point favoring ad/spyware.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. NoDPI‏ @NoDPI 5 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        You could also sell a paid for version through the ind.ie site?

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      1. Netochka Nezvanova‏ @NetNezva 4 Jun 2016
        Replying to @aral

        there's a blocker available for Android phones. Also works as security fix. It's called a trashcan.

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