Comment on Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones
d00ery@lemmy.world 4 months agoAnd android phones are also made by Microsoft’s competitor in many fields.
To me the bigger wtf, is why Apple has an App store there, but Android do not.
Resol@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Android is being used by Microsoft now since Windows Phone didn’t really do very well. Their Surface Duo device runs Android. Windows 11 has a “Windows Subsystem for Android” feature… that uses the Amazon Appstore (and is actually getting phased out).
And yeah, I have no idea why the Google Play Store isn’t available there, seems like a pretty weird decision. Can you tell I hate geoblocking?
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Google can’t operate Play Store in China because it closed its Chinese offices in response to China attempting to hack them (and several other corporations) back in 2010 (Operation Aurora).
Resol@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Apple didn’t fall victim to this?
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Probably already hacked/complicit.