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End of the Road
Read more: End of the RoadAfter a decade of advocating for the developer community, the time has come to wind down the Developers Alliance. For some of you, this may come as a shock. As…
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Are Users Control Freaks, or Are Developers Just Hard to Trust?
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Pre-loaded Apps Don’t Stop Consumers from Downloading, Using Other Apps
Read more: Pre-loaded Apps Don’t Stop Consumers from Downloading, Using Other AppsEU Android users download and use a multitude of apps rather than just using a few exclusively. Having one app on their device, even a pre-loaded app, does not stop them from downloading and using a similar app that does a similar function. Read more from our 2018 EU Consumer Survey.
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The End of the App Economy Golden Age
Read more: The End of the App Economy Golden AgeThe Developers Alliance is disappointed at the European Commission’s decision in its Android investigation. Today’s decision will inevitably lead to changes to Android’s free, open source model which, in time, will harm the Android ecosystem, rather than help it grow.
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OPINION: A bad Android decision would hurt developers
Read more: OPINION: A bad Android decision would hurt developersUnlike the billionaires driving this case, independent developers and startups are not organized or equipped to effectively represent themselves before the European Commission, and so the Developers Alliance has taken up their cause. Google is a member of the Alliance, it’s true, as is Facebook, Intel, Ford and a pair of U.S.-based Internet service providers.…
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Consumers Download Apps They Can Trust
Read more: Consumers Download Apps They Can TrustWe’ve all heard of the Good Housekeeping seal. What if there was a seal for trusted developers; a mark to help consumers spot those apps and websites that follow sound data management and privacy practices? That’s the thinking behind a new project from the Developers Alliance.
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Dear Californians: You’re being misled
Read more: Dear Californians: You’re being misledPlease don’t actually read the proposed Consumer Privacy Act … Because I HAVE read the Consumer Privacy Act that’s being proposed in California, I can say with certainty that parts of it are bizarre. If you were to read it, you might find it reaches way, way, WAY further than you think. The message here is…
