A court in Murcia, Spain, has ordered Google to testify in a criminal case concerning IPTV app, NewPlay. Football league LaLiga, whose matches were allegedly offered illegally through the app, previously called for the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei to face criminal charges. LaLiga criticized the companies for failing to disable copies of NewPlay already installed on users' devices. Google and Huawei must now testify as 'profit-making participants' in an alleged piracy scheme.

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[–] far_university190@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ffmpeg can play HLS, do not think it about newplay. Think they want precendence to order remote uninstall of any app. Want control over device of other people.

Which even more fucked up.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's what I mean, this is massive overreach and completely unwarranted on top of that.

[–] far_university190@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

And probably not possible. Why would have function to order device to uninstall app? What if sideloaded after?