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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google’s Android a... by realusername on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @09:13AM (#11381162)
Technically, they probably won't see the difference between Phonesky and the actual Google Play Store if they mimic enough the APIs. The problem is more legally if that's possible, I'm not a lawyer but technically, it will be really difficult to stop.
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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google’s Android a... by ikeboy on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @10:46AM (#11381821)
They can always add some obfuscated code in their proprietary version and require a code every so often or something similar.

Google has been known to do this https://moderncrypto.org/mail-archive/messaging/2014/000780....

"As an example, I created a system that randomly generates encrypted JavaScripts that are designed to resist reverse engineering attempts."

If they provide a binary blob that resists reversing, there might not be a way around including that blob.

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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google’s Android a... by realusername on Friday April 01, 2016 @06:28AM (#11403877)
That's indeed true. Android phones are not still really updated often and I guess they need to keep backward compatibility for lots of things limiting their options for this kind of tricks.
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