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Google Android in no longer a universal platform and moving forward, I doubt I'll ever buy anything again Google or US related again in terms of tech.
This si no longer a China vs US issue, it's the US vs the world.
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Why is China so likely to bug the phone but the NSA isn't?
Even if the NSA backdoors phones, you have to consider which government you trust more. The US government isn't great but China's is far worse.
Assume most people commenting here are in the same boat.
Pretty clear cut.
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Much more likely is a SaaS to manage distribution to various app stores from one interface.
Hmm, interesting. Does one already exist?
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One thing to note is that the whole Chinese Android ecosystem currently works without those Google services or Play Store. It's still challenging to push system without Google globally, but at least they have experience with that locally in China.
How do they replicate the functionality that Google Services provide? And could they bring that functionality to the rest of the world?
For example, there are a ton of SDKs that provide push notifications, such as Baidu, Tencent, etc...
There are also "super apps", such as WeChat, that offer their own API surface and can be preferable to some app devs.
Then there are some things, such as "advertising id", which none of these SDKs provide (at the moment?).
So yeah, the answer is somewhere between "it's complicated" and "no one".
As an Australian with a Hauwei phone, the writing is on the wall for me. Google Android in no longer a universal platform and moving forward, I doubt I'll ever buy anything again Google or US related again in terms of tech. This si no longer a China vs US issue, it's the US vs the world.
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Not if that app depends on Google Play Services, which most developers targeting "Android" take for granted.
Perhaps Huawei will assist in the development of microg ( https://microg.org/ ) - a free (as in freedom) drop-in replacement for Google Play Services.
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One thing to note is that the whole Chinese Android ecosystem currently works without those Google services or Play Store. It's still challenging to push system without Google globally, but at least they have experience with that locally in China.
How do they replicate the functionality that Google Services provide? And could they bring that functionality to the rest of the world?
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Well they already have their own processors so I imagine that won't be a huge loss.
What about the ARM license? Sure they design their own processors but that doesn't help if ARM doesn't let them use the instruction set.
The world supply chains are supposed to avoid Huawei in the coming months / years, local politicians will be painfully explaining their citizens that Huawei is a security risk (we will need to take their word for it, no evidence is being provided) and once the US government (is this just Trump now, is the US a dictatorship?) changes its mind, then the whole world is going to start using Huawei again?
This is not going to fly.
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What most people forget is that in a war the other party shoots back. It may take some time but it will happen and sometimes when you do not expect it. I think that Trump's move with banning Huawei is bad for the US in the mid and long run.
sometimes whoever shots first wins