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Did we win? Google to continue to allow side loading (liliputing.com)
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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 72 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s going to be effective, but it’s a sad world where you have to create a total nanny state because there exist a subset of users who are INCREDIBLY stupid.

[–] PseudorandomNoise@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Is it still a subset when it's the majority?

And to be honest, the level of effort scammers are willing to go through is shocking, and AI's just making it easier for them.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anything less than the whole is a subset, yes.

[–] zzffyfajzkzhnsweqm@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Strictly mathematically even the whole world is a subset of the whole world.

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Evidence that any significant percentage of people, never mind the majority, is getting scammed? Then how many of them via app installs?

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

And to be honest, the level of effort scammers are willing to go through is shocking

Is it? If you live in a country like India, then a single successful scam will be able to pay for years of living expenses

[–] CainTheLongshot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Something about the smartest bears vs the dumbest humans.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It's sad, but this is the world we live in. It's constantly disappointing.

But I do want to push back a bit, the people getting scammed are not incredibly stupid, they're incredibly vulnerable. They're often people who are generally less tech savvy, but also they're people who don't have a lot to lose, it's a bit counterintuitive, but it's easier to scam people who take money very seriously.