sanitation@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 days agoYour phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign…keepandroidopen.orgexternal-linkmessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up1572arrow-down18cross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zoneasklemmy@lemmy.worldandroid@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgopensource@programming.devpiracy@lemmit.onlinedegoogle@lemmy.mlkde@lemmy.kde.socialkde@lemmy.kde.social
arrow-up1564arrow-down1external-linkYour phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign…keepandroidopen.orgsanitation@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 days agomessage-square117linkfedilinkcross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zoneasklemmy@lemmy.worldandroid@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgopensource@programming.devpiracy@lemmit.onlinedegoogle@lemmy.mlkde@lemmy.kde.socialkde@lemmy.kde.social
minus-squareA404@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoHow the heck does that work? Do you need the phone to unlock the washing machine?
minus-squaretristynalxander@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 days agoYeah, there are no quarters. The app connects via bluetooth, but you also have to have location and data on. To be fair, quarters were a persistent pain with the banks not wanting to trade money if I didn’t have an account, so ups and downs.
How the heck does that work? Do you need the phone to unlock the washing machine?
Yeah, there are no quarters. The app connects via bluetooth, but you also have to have location and data on. To be fair, quarters were a persistent pain with the banks not wanting to trade money if I didn’t have an account, so ups and downs.