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Re:Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone cont... by cja on Monday April 27, 2020 @07:57AM (#22994973)
In the current situation (and possibly in others) if a democratically elected government think it should be a certain way, then they could be excused for forcing Apple to make it that way.
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Re:Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone cont... by darkerside on Monday April 27, 2020 @09:10AM (#22995456)
> they could be excused

I'm not sure what this means. Excused by whom? I don't blame governments for wanting this. Stability helps them keep power, even in a democracy. But I applaud those who are willing to push back.

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Re:Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone cont... by cja on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:04AM (#23017406)
Excused by the people who would normally be upset by a government trying to tell a company how to do something, especially when privacy is involved.
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