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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by Al-Khwarizmi on Monday September 01, 2025 @11:20AM (#45093421)
This.

I really liked Huawei phones and I wanted to keep using them after the US forced them to part with Google, but after doing some research and finding out some of the everyday things I wouldn't be able to do due to not having the Google Play Services (I'm not even talking about not having a Google account!), I just gave up.

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by yupyupyups on Monday September 01, 2025 @12:51PM (#45094356)
Huawei isn't much better in terms of user freedom.
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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by BlueTemplar on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @06:31AM (#45114160)
Which everyday things ?

At this point we programmers should make our voices heard and make it very clear that people still using platforms, or worse, forcing platforms on others, are collaborating with / are totalitarian extremists.

(Yes, this also means those of you still using GitHub, Discord, Reddit, YouTube...)

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