Comment on Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android

• eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I like your spirit, but I don’t think a Chinese equivalent to Google Play Services would be more desirable

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  • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    All I want is unified push really. Then you just choose your server or host your own.

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    • mac@lemm.ee ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I wish more apps supported unified push!

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• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I mean they just replace Google with their own Chinese data-mining services so, no, not cool.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No no no, it’s not Chinese data mining.

    it’s just socialised data with Chinese characteristics! Much better.

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  • nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Exactly what happened with Indonesian release of Huawei.

    Also, more ads everywhere. Even your lock screen.

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• woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  de-Googled android sounds even better.

  They are already degoogled for the Chinese market. What the Chinese Android variants to not have is a shared replacement for Play Services and a shared app store because everyone is doing their own thing for maps API, payment, …

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• _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called “the People’s Stick.”

  —Mikhail Bakunin

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• apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I run that already with CalyxOS. I dig it.

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• pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  a duopoly is better than a monopoly but 3 platforms would be better

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  • 3laws@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is why my next GPU its gotta be Intel

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    • jnod4@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Just read for a second about intel’s history on anti competition practices eg they would ban stores from carrying out amd cpus in my country in Europe

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      • 3laws@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Oh yeah, I’m not saying they’re the good guys a all. But we need a 3rd player on the GPU market.

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