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Re:Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet by Smithalicious on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @12:40AM (#21877041)
>Since when system-installed apps can be removed by a user without rooting or replacing the system

Why are you adding this restriction? Rooting or replacing the system are totally valid of getting rid of these things.

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Re:Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet by varjag on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @08:05AM (#21878347)
These are totally out of reach of 99,99% phone users skills, and providing services for that would quickly be outlawed.
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Re:Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet by Smithalicious on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @09:09AM (#21878531)
A good 50% of phone users could probably do it without assistance, and people can always have someone else do it. Rooting a phone is really not difficult, simpler than installing windows xp used to be.
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Re:Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet by varjag on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @10:42AM (#21878900)
Most people could probably ride a unicycle, it's just another thing that's not going to happen.
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Re:Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet by marcthe12 on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @08:19AM (#21878381)
You have unlock the bootloader. The govt could easily ban that.
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