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0 pointsbugtodiffer1y ago0 comments

I really do not see how Android should be opened up more. I can install 3 different app stores in 3 minutes.

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They could preinstall a bunch of competitors and you'd choose the ones you keep at first startup (like Microsoft had to do with browser). This would allow fairer competition for competing stores.

Also they need to make sure the playstore is not required for the phone to work correctly which I'm not sure is the case on stock Androids currently.

bugtodifferOP1y ago

Sadly, most users should have Play Store and nothing else IMO. I respect the Play security team.

What I could see: make Play Store and Play Services uninstallable like any other app.

mdwrigh21y ago

You can disable them, which is functionally uninstalling. Actually being able to uninstall them isn't technically possible because their base images live on a read-only partition so they survive factory reset (which erases all RW partitions). The OS could _pretend_ they're uninstalled, but that seems strictly worse than the existing presentation which more accurately reflects reality.

BlueTemplar1y ago

Not exactly the same situation, but I keep wondering : is deleting personal data only "pretending", since most of it could potentially be restored for quite some time (especially on transistor storage) ?

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