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Court Orders Google to “Uninstall” Pirate IPTV App Sideloaded on Android Devices (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In instructions to Google, Judge Rossignoli says that the company must “adopt the necessary technical means to immediately uninstall from Android systems that report IP addresses in the territory of the Argentine Republic (which can be verified by the IP addresses assigned to this country), the application named Magis TV.”

"What was achieved is an unprecedented court order, which is in the process of being analyzed by Google – we understand that they cannot deny it – which is to uninstall, through the Android operating system update, the application on all devices that have an IP address in Argentina,” [prosecuter Alejandro] Musso says.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (13 children)

WTO/ICC Arbitration coming in 3 ... 2 ...

Honestly, I hope Google just stops doing business in Argentina. Let their courts tussle with phone manufacturers that sell Android devices until they do the same. Not the end of the world if your citizens have to buy such things grey-market or keep using what they already have, or buy devices with other operating systems.

Before you say Apple, Apple would have to handle it pretty much the same as Google if/when they get sued/prosecuted like so.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Its just that Apple doesnt allow sideloading and thus can demand a takedown which could result in an automatic uninstall.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Wasn't recently a resolution in the EU to allow apple to have alternative app stores and thus allow side loading?

[–] towerful 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Which applies to EU countries.
Not sure if apple is going to do separate builds for separate regions

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

They will do. Afaik the US and rest of the world will be stuck with the old FU-policy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Even if you are a EU citizen, apple will remove your ability to sideload if you leave the EU for an extended period (I dont recall if it is 30 or 90 days)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It’s not separate builds, but the App Store already checks your location when you access it, and it uses that location data along with other hints you are under EU jurisdiction to decide whether to allow you to sideload or not.

Or you can use the developer tools to perform a more limited form of sideloading in any country.

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