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Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse

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Post by pjmlp » Tue, May 14, 2019, 6:25 AM UTC

vatueil wrote: post #50

pjmlp wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, really.

And "Windows variants"? Comparing Windows backwards compatibility to the ability to run Android apps across different Android forks misses the point. All versions of Windows are proprietary operating systems owned by the same company: Microsoft. Amazon Fire OS, Lineage OS, and other Android forks are not.

Yes, Windows variants as well.

Microsoft does license Windows to the same OEMs that are having fun with Android, which just like on Android are allowed to do a certain level of customisations.

Windows is not only what comes with a PC.

The only big difference is that AOSP costs zero dollars, euro, yen,.....

Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse

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Post by vatueil » Thu, May 16, 2019, 12:40 AM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #51

vatueil wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And "Windows variants"? Comparing Windows backwards compatibility to the ability to run Android apps across different Android forks misses the point. All versions of Windows are proprietary operating systems owned by the same company: Microsoft. Amazon Fire OS, Lineage OS, and other Android forks are not.

Yes, Windows variants as well. Microsoft does license Windows to the same OEMs that are having fun with Android, which just like on Android are allowed to do a certain level of customisations. Windows is not only what comes with a PC. The only big difference is that AOSP costs zero dollars, euro, yen,.....

The difference is that it's free and open source. ROMs such as Lineage OS do not need to pay for a commercial license to fork the code, and an app such as F-Droid can run natively on any Android device.

Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse

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Post by wtmt » Fri, May 17, 2019, 4:24 AM UTC

rahuldottech wrote: post #32

wtmt wrote: post #26

Digital literacy is very poor in India. Most people in India wouldn’t understand what a browser choice actually means, even if Google is forced to provide it. I’m sure Google would also frame the browser choice with dark patterns to make Chrome the default, so that it can continue earning money from ads since Chrome doesn’t support extensions on Android (thwarting ad blocking). Since this probe may take a year or lon…

> Digital literacy is very poor in India. You're very wrong here. Source: am Indian. Edit: I think that you're an Indian too, from a previous comment. I don't know what age bracket you're in or what demographics you're exposed to, but digital literacy is not poor here at all, and is rapidly on the rise.

Your qualification of being Indian isn’t enough (if it were, then this would be a tie). Knowing how to open Facebook or YouTube isn’t digital literacy (though it can be considered as a very basic thing). Many poorer people struggle with this fact.

Maybe your education, social/economic standing and your circle of friends/coworkers hides others in the society and their hardships.

Digital literacy may be on the rise, but even “basic” things like transferring money from one bank account to another is out of the reach of many people. How many understand basic security principles and follow them? As I pointed out, what percentage even knows what a browser is and what alternatives exist?