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Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android by roboys on Friday May 24, 2019 @11:56AM (#20002837)
I'm glad that nails are starting to be placed in Google Play's coffin.

As it stands, Android's whole notification system (3rd party apps included) relies almost completely on communicating with Google servers. Seems like a bad design if privacy is a concern.

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Re:The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google’s Iron Grip on Android by bonestamp2 on Friday May 24, 2019 @11:59AM (#20002865)
> Seems like a bad design if privacy is a concern.

True, although having one endpoint does have some advantages for battery life and api consistency.

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