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China's Tech Ministry Warns of Being Too Dependent on Android
- mtgx 14y ago"We'd rather have the market dominated by companies who accept all of our censorship and allows us to install all the spyware we want into the devices".
- EliRivers 14y agoTo be fair, (parts of) the US gubbermint wanted the same thing.
- samspenc 14y agoThe problem is that the Chinese regime wants its local industry and state-owned enterprises to create Android forks that allow for: (a) pirated software on their app stores [1] (b) changes to the OS that allow government censorship and spying (c) breaking the GPL/Apache license to create closed-source clones that are "compatible" with Android only in name [2] and Google is not allowing them to. References: [1] http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/15/aliyun-app-store-confirmed-to-be-distributing-pirated-android-apps-many-from-another-pirate-site/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/15/aliyun-app-store-con... [2] http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/technology/google-alibaba-acer-android-aliyun-china-292615.html http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/technology/google-alibaba-ac...