Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans

Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by BlueTemplar on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:05AM (#36518478)

A compulsory national ID system already means they are living in a police state, so they have worse issues to worry about than this.

Also, maybe at some point the UE countries will start to enforce the CJUE directive that banned US companies (and especially GAFAMs) in 2015 (after the war is over ?), this would open quite a space for competition !

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by surgical_fire on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:20AM (#36518580)

> A compulsory national ID system already means they are living in a police state

Such a bizarre take.

Many countries have national ID systems that are compulsory (or effectively compulsory) and do not fall under any reasonable definition of a "police state"

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Re:Google is about to make life more difficult for custom RO... by elzbardico on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:43AM (#36519614)

I never understood this. Do you have a driver's license? Do you have a job? Do you but stuff? Have a bank account? a credit card? health insurance? Do you use the internet? Do you pay taxes?

You are already in a lot of national databases, you're easily trackable already. You already are subject to all of your alleged downsides without the benefits of having a single document.

Do you really believe that an American has more freedom than, let's say, a Switzerland citizen? Really????

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