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Nothing pulls its iMessage app from the Play Store following privacy disaster (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 11 months ago

Who would've thought that working with a company that has a terrible privacy policy, a suspicious buisiness model, closed source software, and an idiotic reason for keeping its software closed source would be a piracy disaster????

Sunbird literally has access to every message on iMessage that you send and receive. What was Nothing thinking when working with them?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I keep trying think of something fruitful to say about this, but I am truly at a loss for words. Perhaps that’s all that needs to be said.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

You have nothing to say?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Nothing to say really

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

Well… that was… expected.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Nothing to see here.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

…but a phone manufacturer throwing its weight behind one of these solutions certainly raises the stakes.

What?

Was a phone manufacturer endorsing this solution? If not, then which one? Which manufacturer are we talking about?

Why include this comment with zero actual information?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nothing is a phone manufacturer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

OH. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, the article wasn’t the problem. My lack of knowledge was. Oh well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn't Nothing a phone manufacturer?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Apparently they are. I was not aware of that. I’d never heard of them before reading this article.