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How is it only a half solution?

The headline matches the article. So if the Verge is wrong there, it’s the entire article that’s wrong, not just the headline.

You’re conflating two changes the article claims they’re making. Do you have another source that you’re basing this on?

This article outlines two changes:

• a workflow for experienced users to install unverified apps, with safeguards in place to prevent scams
• a new account type for students and hobbyists that doesn’t require verification

This article is worded to make these two appear as individual changes, not the same change.

The company says it is now developing an “advanced flow that allows experienced users to accept the risks of installing software that isn’t verified.” This installation flow will include safeguards to protect people who are being coerced into installing a dangerous app, or tricked by a scammer, along with “clear warnings to ensure users fully understand the risks involved.”

Google is also working on a new developer account type for students and hobbyists, which won’t have to go through “full verification requirements,” but will only allow app installs on “a limited number of devices.”

Note the word “also” in the above quote.

You can turn the AI off in the Notepad settings. Not the case for Paint though.

Youtube seems to be blocking access to a seriously large amount of publicly listed videos

Creators can choose whether their videos should be accessible and whether they should be listed anywhere. Which you don’t seem to have ruled out being the case here. So I’d say you’re jumping the gun here.

I have seen channels which delisted (and later privated entirely) almost all their videos for legitimate reasons, so it’s certainly possible.

And I can attest that at least one of the remaining 26 is hosted, but invisible.

This one is almost certainly just delisted.

everyone needs to jump ship to Odysee

The fediverse has its own video platform (peertube).

because there are so many cpu and os combinations and you can’t run a application compiled for arm run on x86 cpu or run a application compiled for Linux run on Windows

It’s better to do something than nothing. You don’t need to provide all of those.

Just compile it for your own device and upload that. That alone will reduce the barrier of entry immensely.

Check the actual reviews.

(the link is for the past week, so will be less and less accurate to the july first start date as the days pass by)

The only two reviews related to the drama are specifically in reaction to the alleged review bombing. The other negative reviews don’t mention anything related to the drama at all, and so the increase is probably just due to the streisand effect.

I’ll list the two drama-related reviews here trimmed down to the drama-relevant parts only (not the full reviews):

“Drumming up fake drama about a review bombing that never happened to artificially inflate your positive review count through fan counteraction is gross.” — Full Review

“Wasn’t gonna leave a review but Ludwig and Pirate Software cried review bombing so I’m leaving an honest review to combat the non-existent bombing.” — Full Review

As you can see by these excerpts, both of them were made AFTER the allegations of review bombing. They’re not part of the review bombing itself that was being talked about.

Edit: fixed inaccurate -> accurate

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