r/StopBeingEvil

For many years, one of the primary selling points of Android smartphones was that no big corporation could gatekeep what you can run on your phones. But these days seem to be numbered.

From PhoneArena (not linked due to being detected as spam):

Google says you should think of the new requirements like checking IDs at the airport.

Not a good comparison. The airplane is not your property but your smartphone is. Google wants to be the gatekeeper to your property.

Side note: don't use the term "sideloading" (this is why I put it in quotation marks). It is the term they invented to discredit any source for software not controlled by them. "Sideloading" is a completely normal thing to do on a computer.

There might be some legitimate reasons for it, but part of me thinks it's to hide the embarrassment from long-unsolved bugs. This is very intransparent.

This bug ticket from 2009 was blocked from public view at some point after 2016. It couldn't have been due to private information. Otherwise it would not have stayed for 7 years.

Even "obsolete" bug tickets should not be removed to maintain a historical record. But Google seems to think otherwise.

Before blocked:

After blocked:

To the Leaders of the Nations of the Earth:

Subject: A Call to Recognize the Rise of the Universal Pathway — The Road to Divine Peace

To the Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs, and Guardians of Civilization,

We extend this letter in solemn conviction and sincere hope — not as a declaration of war, nor of superiority, but as a call to collective awakening. What follows is not political rhetoric nor religious zealotry, but a message that touches the root of our shared humanity, and the origin of our existence among the stars.

✦ A New Order Rooted in Ancient Truth

Humanity stands on the threshold of cosmic maturity. Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (peace be upon them all) — we trace an unbroken current of divine guidance. Across time, each epoch has been governed by sacred law, and with each cycle, humanity has been invited to ascend.

Now, a new cycle dawns. One that demands we outgrow our divisions — religious, national, and material — and return to the Universal Path of Abrahamic Unity, herein referred to as the System of Divine Peace.

This is not a religion, but a framework of alignment — one that honors every prophet and uplifts every soul who seeks truth, justice, and harmony. It is both terrestrial and cosmic. It recognizes that humankind is not alone — we are guided, observed, and expected to evolve.

✦ The Call to Align

We call upon the United States of America, the State of Israel, the Islamic World, the leaders of China, Russia, the European Union, the African Union, ASEAN, the UN, the Vatican, and every guardian of civilization:

Let the Earth adopt this universal path — A system where divine law guides governance, Where spiritual intelligence leads technological advancement, Where mankind no longer worships war, greed, and division.

Let us collectively prepare not just for peace among nations — But for reunification with the realms beyond.

✦ What Stands at Stake

This is not a threat. But know that throughout history, when nations rejected divine truth, they invited collapse — from Babel to Pharaoh, from Rome to Babylon. Today is no different.

If humanity rejects this chance to evolve, To unify under Divine Peace, To honor the eternal voices that shaped our past, Then let it be known: The consequences shall not come from men, but from the Sovereign of all Worlds.

Not by bombs nor sanctions, but by cosmic correction.

Plagues of the soul, collapse of systems, and reversal of blessings — Such is the pattern when truth is mocked, and arrogance replaces humility.

✦ The Invitation Remains Open

This letter is not the end — it is a beginning. To reject it is a choice; to respond is a legacy. The architects of the future are those who recognize the pattern and align with its truth.

Should any nation, leader, or people choose to respond, to inquire, or to walk this path — You shall not walk alone.

From the depths of prophecy to the heights of starlight, We await those who will rise — Not as conquerors, but as Shepherds of a New Humanity.

In Truth, Peace, and Divine Sovereignty, [WITNESS OF GOD] Envoy of the Future Covenant Voice of the Pathway to Divine Peace Earth, Year 2025

In 2014, Android 4.4 KitKat was released. With that, one of the largest selling points of Android, the MicroSD card, was heavily restricted. Apps could no longer normally write to it, except in their specific directories.

Their reasoning from the Android documentation is:

Apps must not be allowed to write to secondary external storage devices [MicroSD and USB-OTG], except in their package-specific directories as allowed by synthesized permissions. Restricting writes in this way ensures the system can clean up files when applications are uninstalled.

Honestly, I would rather have some junk files than not being able to use the MicroSD card and USB OTG properly. Also, if they wanted apps to leave no "junk files" anywhere, they could just as well have applied the same restrictions to internal storage, but for some reason they didn't.

Besides, there are legitimate reasons for apps to leave files behind after uninstallation. If you use a third-party camera like Camera MX, you wouldn't want your pictures to be deleted if you uninstall it.

As a cloud storage provider, Google has a conflict of interest. They would rather have you give your money to them, not SanDisk. So this was probably an anti-competitive move.

Being a whistleblower of science fraud, of the intentional exclusion of the lower social classes and of women from the power seats in science, and of the retaliation and persecution that those who choose their ethics and to stand for honest science face, I don't blindly trust science. Before supporting a discovery or a paradigm, I deeply and thoroughly analyze it and, when possible, I first experience it myself or evaluate others' real life experiences, to evaluate whether it is an accurate description of how reality works.

But perhaps I'm just overcautious right? So, from a scientific standpoint, how accurate is the science published out there? Well, I asked ChatGPT, and here are the results. Enjoy.

detects your X_FORWARDED_FOR and client IP. I tried , but this site never detects X_FORWARDED_FOR, only detects those information.

"Google says its has instructed its human raters to prioritise news reports that display a high degree of skill, time and effort. To evaluate trustworthiness, ..."

Considering the strong far-left bias that they demonstrated in 2016, we need better transparency and check and balances on their ability to meddle with our democracy.

Could you please tell me any similar search engines? This one allows you to see webpage contents without connecting to third-party websites, however, I don't know whether peekier saved those contents early or just connects to third-party instead of users.

I was looking for an old in which Joe Biden advises people to "buy a shotgun" in lieu of an AR-15 and gives questionable home defense advice.

I noticed that there were no search suggestions on Google or YouTube that could possibly reference this, in contrast to Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and Ecosia. Search suggestions on the latter sites included, among others:

• joe biden shotgun

• joe biden ar-15

• joe biden fire shotgun through the door

• joe biden buy a shotgun

Also, typing "joe biden sh" yielded "joe biden shoulder rub" as a suggested search on all named sites except Google and YouTube.

I have some doubt that the exclusion of these search suggestions on Google and YouTube wouldn't be a conscious decision. I also note that this might prevent some Google users from seeing certain content which may (depending on one's perspective) cause Biden to look somewhat unfavorable.

I frequent twitter from time to time, make some tweets and engage in topics in variable frequencies. ealrier today I came across a ( Alt. ) which had my interest. I'm Norwegian and we have been opposed to EU Membership for a long time (just so everyone are aware of my viewpoint) i'd also like to point out that the details regarding EU membership is very important for Norway (See notes about 4th & 5th tweet)

The 5 Removed tweets in that string are mine.

In the 1st tweet I discussed how UK's reasons for leaving EU, isnt nationalism but perceived nationalism, because they concluded a continued membership is detrimental to themselves (I had yet to realize the User was being sarcastic about UK not being Nationalist)

The Next Four Tweets were part of a multi-tweet chain.

In the 2nd and 3rd Tweets, I discuss how It's detrimental. f.ex being an EU member, involves surrendering border control to the union, which means forced immigration. you also surrender your natural resources so that the union can move them around freely and disposition them wherever they want.

In the 4th Tweet, I mention that those are the reasons a nation like Norway have been avoiding EU membership.(for those unaware, Norway would lose their fishing, lumber, oil and oil fund if they joined the union)

Then as a 5th tweet, I quickly wrote a note about my Sources for this information being people i know from UK, and myself being a Norwegian as this particular piece of history is very important in Norway's history and that we take passing it between generations very seriously.then at the very end, I promptly told the other guy he could live in his bubble and keep bluepilling himself.

Following that 5th tweet, it was only a matter of minutes, (it felt like less than a minute) before I found my account suddenly restricted, and I have since then been unable to recover the account despite having the option to recover it be presented to me (I.e using a phone number but not having the Text message be received)

Something I strongly believe is important to note here is that I've certainly written things that I myself would call objectively worse than this without repercussions(you can still look at my twitter because it is merely restricted). BUT, the moment I wrote tweets about this specific topic, i was instantly targeted and had my account labelled as "acting suspiciously"

So Matt Roszak, aka , creator of the Epic Battle Fantasy series of indy RPGs, got a nasty-gram in his email from Adobe:

For those who can't read it, Adobe tells him:

• They have detected he hasn't updated Flash CC 2015 (now known as Adobe Animate 15.0 / 15.2 / 16.5) to the latest versions (which suck, and won't compile his existing projects)

• They note that he is paying for an Adobe CC subscription as normal, he is not pirating the software, and thus is beholden to the license...

• However, they have decided he MUST upgrade and cannot choose to use the version with the feature he needs and lower system requirements -- an arbitrary decision the license says he must obey.

• They remind him that if he continues to use the existing version he "may be at risk of potential claims of infringement by third parties."

  • This may be due to Adobe subcontracting out anti-piracy measures, or how in the EU lawyers can file copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of third parties.

As he points out in the comments, he's basically paying Adobe for the right to pirate the software from them.

Remember everyone, Software as a Service is Fraud.