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How can I report apps that falsely claim to be open source? (lemy.lol)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I seriously doubt Google cares.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Google cares - if they can get a cut of the profits. They allow even scammy malware while blocking FOSS applications. Even recently, they blocked a FOSS chat app.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They don't care about the app being or not being open source

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

My statement was rhetorical.