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How can I report apps that falsely claim to be open source?

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How can I report apps that falsely claim to be open source?

King@lemy.lol to Open Source@lemmy.ml ·
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Example:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.macoou.feedbrowser

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    I seriously doubt Google cares.

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      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.

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

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          My statement was rhetorical.

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