PostmarketOS looking real good right about now.
Comment on India is ordering Apple and Android phone makers to preinstall a state-owned app
harmbugler@piefed.social 10 months agoWe 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.
mp3@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
artyom@piefed.social 10 months ago
These countries would probably just ban that as well.
danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org 10 months ago
Agreed but isn’t the government of India requiring that for all phones.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 10 months 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.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 months 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
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 10 months ago
From my dealings with Indian govt, more likely they’ll abandon it at some point. But yes trusting a government is always a difficult task.
danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org 10 months ago
Got it and understandable.