Google is cutting Play Store fees in half for most developers 🥳
Finally a much needed change is here!

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/03/boosting-dev-success.html

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-cuts-play-store-fees-in-half/

Basically -
Starting on July 1, 2021 google reducing the service fee Google Play receives when a developer sells digital goods or services to 15% for the first $1M (USD) of revenue every developer earns each year. With this change, 99% of developers globally that sell digital goods and services with Play will see a 50% reduction in fees.

For years it was 30% service fee

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Gaze into your Spotify belly button any day of the week

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Google releases Android 12 Developer Preview 2 for Pixel phones

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/03/android-12-developer-preview-2.html

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[Games] Spongebob Squarepants: Battle For Bikini Bottom ($11.99->$7.99) -33%

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hg.bfbb

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Here's why Netflix is cutting down on password-sharing

https://twitter.com/i/events/1372321542072365057?s=20

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Front-ends for evil sites/platforms:

Youtube
- Source: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious
- Instances: https://api.invidious.io

Twitter
- Source: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
- Instances: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances

Twitter+YouTube
-Source: https://github.com/ytorg/Yotter
-Instances: https://github.com/ytorg/Yotter#public-instances


Instagram
- Source: https://sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram/
- Instances: https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram-docs/tree/master/docs/Instances.md

Reddit
- Sources:
https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit (1)
https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit (2)

- Instances:
https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit#instances (1)
https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit#instances (2)

Google Translate
- Sources:
https://sr.ht/~yerinalexey/gtranslate/ (1)
https://git.sr.ht/~metalune/simplytranslate_web (2)

- Instances:
https://gtranslate.metalune.xyz/ (1)
https://translate.metalune.xyz/ (2)

Google Search Engine
- Source: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
- Instances: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#public-instances

P.S. JavaScript isn't required for any core functionality with these front-ends


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Google introduces Live Caption for Chrome browser on desktop

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Voice Chats 2.0: Channels, Millions of Listeners, Recorded Chats, Admin Tools

https://telegram.org/blog/voice-chats-on-steroids

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Aline Red, Green & Blue are live! All 3 packs are currently on sale!

Aline Red
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=one4studio.pixelperfect.iconpack.alinered

Aline Green
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=one4studio.pixelperfect.iconpack.alinegreen

Aline Blue
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=one4studio.pixelperfect.iconpack.alineblue

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All Games by "AZAMATIKA" are currently on sale !

https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=4622967442740406548

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Fleksy co-founder is suing Apple over lost revenue resulting from App Store scammers

https://tcrn.ch/3eVOTGq

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Like Firefox ? , Here are some forks of it

Fennec
- more famous , less add-ons , removed telemtry and other trackers

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/


IceRaven ( ty to @CYLANC )
- less famous , almost all add-ons

https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser


Mull ( ty to @polarhive )
- less famous , enables many features upstreamed by the Tor uplift project

https://divestos.org/fdroid/official/?fingerprint=E4BE8D6ABFA4D9D4FEEF03CDDA7FF62A73FD64B75566F6DD4E5E577550BE8467
(will be visible after adding this repo)

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humit
- a social networking app for music sharing and discovery.

https://www.humit.app/

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Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in a nice way

https://enes.in/sorted-colors/

https://redd.it/m8xbks

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India wants to block WhatsApp's controversial privacy policy update

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndroidPolice/~3/cDOLsZGSJDQ/

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Cloud storage options to choose from.

pCloud – Free storage - upto 10 GB, offers premium plans of 500 GB and 2 TB (yearly and lifetime plans). Need to buy seperate encryption plans but has no bandwidth limit.
https://www.pcloud.com/

Icedrive – Free storage - upto 10 GB, offers premium plans of 150 GB, 1 TB and 5 TB (monthly, yearly and lifetime plans). Zero knowledge encryption but has monthly bandwidth limits for paid plans.
https://icedrive.net/

Sync.com - Free storage - upto 5 GB, additional 1 GB per referral. Zero knowledge encryption.
https://www.sync.com/

Dropbox - Free storage - upto 2 GB, (500 MB per referral up to 18 GB)
https://www.dropbox.com/

Box - Free storage - upto 10 GB
https://www.box.com/

OneDrive – Free storage - upto 5 GB, Best for Microsoft ecosystem users
https://onedrive.live.com/

Google Drive – Free storage - upto 15 GB, Best for Google ecosystem users
https://www.google.com/drive/

ICloud - Free storage - upto 5 GB
https://www.apple.com/in/icloud/

Work drive by Zoho - Free storage - upto 20 GB
https://www.zoho.com/workdrive/

Mega - Free storage - upto 50 GB ( 50 gb for first 6 months , 15 after that )
https://mega.nz/

Note : If one cares for his/her data, one can setup their own servers through NextCloud services. What is it? You don't wanna go through that hassle of setting up your own servers and you are looking for a simplified solution which offers encryption; Icedrive, pCloud and Sync is the way to go.

IceDrive offers the cheapest plans and storage options, though pCloud is an older and a much more reliable platform. The free storage on offer by both should cover your basic needs. Want more, give a try to the monthly plans and try yourself.

My take
Apart from YouTube, and Playstore services, I barely use any Google services, so no Google Drive for me even though I have the 100GB monthly plan going on for the family.

I am a longtime user of Microsoft services, and as such was able to opt in for 15 GB of free OneDrive storage before they downgraded it to 5GB of free storage. That covers my basics needs.

For projects and office work, Dropbox does the job through its collaborative services when working with my team.

Now, when it comes to files, pCloud is what I use. I have the 2 TB lifetime plan with lifetime Crypto encryption. It's secure, simple and keeps my private files confidential with the highest level of encryption.

My recommendation
If you are a student and is looking for a cheap reliable option, go for the 150 GB lifetime plan from Icedrive. It offers 250 GB of monthly bandwidth which is sufficient for most users. Have a little extra to spare, go for pCloud + Crypto. If you are only considering free, chose from any of the above mentioned services and you are good to go. Thank you.

Hugeee Thanks to @iamcsuman for such a nice curation and explanation

YouTube's line art icons jump from Android to the web

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Microsoft is interested in Discord, wanting to ruin yet another communication service

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Lucent Kwgt is on Sale !

bit.ly/LucentKwgt

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India is demanding WhatsApp build a way to trace user messages

https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/03/23/india-is-demanding-whatsapp-build-a-way-to-trace-user-messages/

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