Time to shut Android down!

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Time to shut Android down!
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/24/android-apps-ad-scam-stole-millions/

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Lee Grupsmith-Pedersen said…
What's the alternative? Windows phones?
October 24, 2018 at 8:09 AM
Jason ON said…
Google's rationale for shuttering G+ was a data breach. If they can shut down a service over something like that, what's keeping any service open?
October 24, 2018 at 8:42 AM
James Karaganis said…
Just FYI, you can't shut Android down, any more than you can shut Linux down.

Android is just another Linux distro when you get right down to it.
October 24, 2018 at 6:33 PM
Jason ON said…
James Karaganis I understand that. I'm just pointing out Google's flimsy excuse to shutter the Ploos.
October 24, 2018 at 7:03 PM
James Karaganis said…
Yeah, well, it was something that was inevitable. I'm surprised they kept in running as long as they did.

Some things I've been reading indicate that there are some systemic issues within Google that led to this. People keep calling G+ a failure, but the reality is they have FOUR HUNDRED MILLION active users, and almost two billion accounts.

Seriously, if you can't find a way to make it work with quite literally hundreds of millions of users, whatever it is ... you're doing it wrong.
October 24, 2018 at 7:42 PM
Stephen Dickson said…
Didn't realize the numbers were that high.
If google can't do something with that then they are useless.
October 25, 2018 at 1:31 AM
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