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India is ordering Apple and Android phone makers to preinstall a state-owned app (www.theverge.com)
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[–] danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it me or do we need a crusade, I am just asking, If yes deus vault, if no what solution to this problem do we need?

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

What governments should be requiring is, making bootloader unlockable and making firmware for all antennas, camera and buttons public. Realistically I think it's too much to hope from 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 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 3 points 4 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 1 points 4 months ago

Got it and understandable.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

PostmarketOS looking real good right about now.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

These countries would probably just ban that as well.