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> Who wants to buy a phone that can do only half the stuff of everyone else's At some point there won't be a choice. The real issue will be whether apps like
by threeseed 3y ago
> Who wants to buy a phone that can do only half the stuff of everyone else's
At some point there won't be a choice.
The real issue will be whether apps like WeChat will be made available on iOS/Android or whether the CCP will force customers abroad to buy Chinese phones in order to use them. That would have major security implications.
- wkat4242 3y agoBut WeChat is already available on iOS and Android. Or do you mean it would be removed? I wonder if that really matters outside of China though. I don't think anyone outside of China would ever use those.
- tivert 3y agoTons of people outside of China use WeChat, though they're typically expat Chinese people. Those are people the Chinese government is probably very interested in monitoring.
- hilbert42 3y ago"At some point there won't be a choice." Well, that's the situation with Google isn't it? Every new iteration of Android is more proprietary than the previous one thus more difficult to tailor to one's needs. Leaving aside all Google's spyware issues, since Android 10 just doing basic things on Android such as copying files to my SD card has become essentially impossible. Google's scoped storage is a disaster—designed in the name of security but in practice it's another step by Google to reign in control of the OS. At this rate, it won't be long before users have no control whatsoever over their phones.