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Can you block devices from getting an "upgrade" which is basically a "downgrade"?

• jdavis703 5y ago
  You can, but you’d then be personally violating the patent. That’s illegal, and then you too could also be sued.
  • CommanderData 5y ago
    I'm not sure if blocking an update for whatever reason would count as patent infringement on part of a end-user.
• alistairSH 5y ago
  Or does the consumer have any recourse with Google? I suspect not in the USA, but maybe in the EU (assuming Google rolls this feature removal out globally)?
• ocdtrekkie 5y ago
  There's a reason Google operates an entire stack for completely encrypted end-to-end communication to Google datacenters, including now encrypted DNS. Essentially anything connected to the Internet, Google can establish a completely unblockable communication with directly, provided you intend to allow it to connect to Google servers at all.