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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by sli on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:28AM (#20147009)
Windows 8.1 was absolutely determined to convince me that my brand new i5 was incompatible with Windows 8.1. MS hasn't stopped with the incompatibility garbage.
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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by verbatim on Monday June 10, 2019 @01:22PM (#20148772)
In a world where CPUs now require microcode updates to run securely, it's not very obvious that this is bad behavior.

Maybe erring on the side of safety here makes sense?

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