• woelkchen@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Sanctioned nations shouldn’t have Android phones with Google Play Services in the first place.

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      5 days ago

      So America’s current administration could decide they don’t like someone for petty reasons and cut that whole country off from using one of the two most adopted phone OS in the world?

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        So America’s current administration could decide they don’t like someone for petty reasons and cut that whole country off from using one of the two most adopted phone OS in the world?

        Yes but only WRT Play Services. AOSP is not affected. That’s why phones in China come with manufacturer specific replacements which is also why there are many different app stores there. Each manufacturer has their own.

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        Yes. And this is why other countries should develop local / fully open-source OSs. Your entire digital infrastructure depending on a madman’s whims is a national security problem.

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        5 days ago

        Unfortunately that’s how sovereignty works.

        The US govt could sanction a country and prevent both if they wanted.

        It would get challenged in court though def

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    just wish graphene would figure out a way to get it on tab s9 :(

    hate going to my tablet and having to go back to non graphene android :(