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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by izacus on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:28PM (#32168168)
And many apps don't work without Apple iOS being present on device and many apps don't work without Windows being present on device, etc.

Play Services are core OS API just like Apple services are.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by jcfrei on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:09PM (#32169858)
Play Services is probably the worlds most expansive data collection and user tracking tool. Tying core OS APIs into it is just evil.
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by tristan957 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:35PM (#32169329)
They are pretty obviously not core OS API if you don't need them.
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