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Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android by TheOperator on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:20AM (#20000699)
>It’s possible that Google cutting off Huawei will actually backfire, because it makes having a viable alternative to Android a MUST HAVE instead of just NICE TO HAVE.

I got the impression that the United States forced their hand.

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Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android by ocdtrekkie on Friday May 24, 2019 @01:16PM (#20003515)
Yeah, the narrative on a lot of these stories "Google bans Huawei from Android", "Microsoft drops Huawei laptop from store", etc. are kinda silly, as the headlines suggest these companies had anything to do with it. They're following the law.
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