Preventing this at the app store level is hard
Preventing this at the app store level is hard
Posted Jul 20, 2026 1:54 UTC (Mon) by ssmith32 (subscriber, #72404)In reply to: Preventing this at the app store level is hard by mb
Parent article: An update on the scraper situation
Google, also, per your logic, can run whatever code they like on their servers, including code that rejects your code from their app store, which runs on their servers.
Google does not police or prevent you from running residential proxies on your phone. They prevent you from placing that code for download _on their servers_ .
Even the most ardent free software folks do not argue that you have a right to be platformed by any platform of your choice.. only to build your own platform.
Sideload your proxy onto your phone to your hearts content - google won't stop you.
Heck, run a whole other OS on the phone - google won't stop you there either.
You are, in fact, arguing that google be forced to run code on their servers at your whim.
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