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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by wutbrodo on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:29AM (#26956341)
How is this an instance of "you can't win"? Not "owning" your phone is a downside of iOS's approach, and avoiding the security issue as parent commenter mentions is an upside (ie a "win"). This martyr complex over phone OSes is very 2010.
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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by t0mas88 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:43AM (#26956562)
He means as a phone manufacturer you can't win, either you have an open OS and get criticised for not locking it down or you have a locked down OS and get criticised for not opening it up.
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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by tekknik on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:06AM (#26968863)
This is just true in general. People complain about everything these days.
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