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Your phone was manufactured by a front for a foreign intelligence service. It was never secure.
Just to play devil's advocate, do you have any citations for that statement?
Huawei already saw this coming; at least that's what the company signaled last march when they announced they have a 'backup OS': https://www.engadget.com/amp/2019/03/14/huawei-confirms-os/
A better source thats not google amp https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3001685/huawei-co...
At what point does China just develop its own mobile OS? There seems value in just taking the reigns, and making whatever you create open-source, so that ZTE and all the other Chinese manufacturers can use it as well. Its certainly a major blow to the value of Huawei phones.
Three months ago.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3001685/huawei-co...
I guess this is a thinly veiled attack on China, but I'm a bit confused why there's a feud between the US and China in the first place. Perhaps my ignorance is down to being British and a bit out of the loop, but could someone give a rough outline on what the underlying motives for this are?
GMS is bigger issue though WhatsApp or signal work both fine without gapps, not sure about other messengers I don't use and in general it's hard to find app which has really problems without gapps other than ridesharing apps with last devs relying on gmaps
Huawei already saw this coming; at least that's what the company signaled last march when they announced they have a 'backup OS': https://www.engadget.com/amp/2019/03/14/huawei-confirms-os/
If it is an optimized version of Linux, then they should just release it. It will probably be better than Android.
https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/uk-says-huawei-equip...
Well, Android is opensource so they will be able to just run it, but without that google crap such as gmail, maps, assistant, etc... Which sounds like a good thing to me. I'll try to buy a new Huawei phone soon.
Heh, there will be a rude awakening when they try AOSP or the open-source Android.. "wait, it doesn't have a launcher?" No, seriously, AOSP is very far from useful. That's before you consider that to run Android on any sort of recent hardware, you need manufacturer support from the chips you are using, which you can't get if you are barred from trade with them.
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A better source thats not google amp https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3001685/huawei-co...
I'm not sure why this is being voted down. I'll take a well-known Hong Kong newspaper (in this case the South China Morning Post ) over a tech blog re-writing other people's journalism any day.
Quick question - if someone buys a Huawei phone without Play Store and Gmail, could they just download those things later? E.g. could it be done aftermarket?
I believe they cannot, Google demands certification before allowing their apps to be used. It's impossible to sideload google apps.