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0 pointsoblio4y ago0 comments

They have done it. Do you know how the Chinese smartphone app market works?

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As far as I'm aware almost everything is still Android, even if they're not using the Play Store.

oblioOP4y ago

Yeah, but Android is Open Source by design.

All these governments don't have an issue with the code, they have issues with project governance.

But they haven't gotten their own fork off the ground so they're still dependent on Google for continued updates.

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As far as I'm aware almost everything is still Android, even if they're not using the Play Store.

oblioOP4y ago

Yeah, but Android is Open Source by design.

All these governments don't have an issue with the code, they have issues with project governance.

But they haven't gotten their own fork off the ground so they're still dependent on Google for continued updates.

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