Comment on India is ordering Apple and Android phone makers to preinstall a state-owned app

danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• harmbugler@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We need real choice of operating system when buying phones. The situation is far worse then Windows bundling Internet Explorer and they actually took action on that.

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  • danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Agreed but isn’t the government of India requiring that for all phones.

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    • faintwhenfree@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What governments should be requiring is, making bootloader unlockable and making firmware for all antennas, camera and buttons public. I think it’s too much to ask of any government.

      That being said this Sanchar Sarthi app doesn’t look so bad at a glance. Looks like a okay ish attempt at giving population tools to fight identity theft and phishing/scamming with some questionable success. Also the app supposedly doesn’t collect any data.

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      • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Thought is good, but if life has taught me anything it’s that it’s only a matter of time until someone new takes over and uses it for their nefarious purposes. Forcing it is never a good option, it should be opt in

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      • danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Got it and understandable.

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  • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    PostmarketOS looking real good right about now.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    These countries would probably just ban that as well.

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