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  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So basically, if there’s any app where the developer releases a Play Store version, but also has a separate non-Play Store version with added functionality that goes against the Play Store’s ToS, Play Protect is going to remove it from your device?

    Not flag it, or remove permissions, or freeze it, just straight remove it.

    So for example, the Private Internet Access VPN app has a play store version without the ad and tracker blocking functionality, because that goes against the Play Store TOS. But you can get the full version with the ad blockers as an APK from the official website.

    Is Play Protect gonna nix that, too?

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      So for example, the Private Internet Access VPN app has a play store version without the ad and tracker blocking functionality, because that goes against the Play Store TOS. But you can get the full version with the ad blockers as an APK from the official website.

      What?
      I have the play store version of Mullvad and it has ad & tracking blocker functionality.

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      without the ad and tracker blocking functionality, because that goes against the Play Store TOS

      Yet there are straight up ad blockers on the Play store.