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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by pwg on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:52PM (#46556703)
Cory Doctorow predicted this outcome back in 2011:

The Coming War on General Purpose Computation

https://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/the-coming-war-on-general-...

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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by anthk on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:07PM (#46556919)
And Richard Stallman since 1983 and before.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by lawlessone on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:07PM (#46557763)
Tbf it's been going on since before 2011
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