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Apple business executives ban Fortnite from iOS. People around the world - including in Europe - say their iPhone is preventing them from playing the videogame. (www.clubic.com)
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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If manufacturers had their way, there wouldn’t be any phones for one side.

There's nothing stopping manufacturers from permanently locking the bootloader. Some do and others don't suggesting that the industry does not have a universal preference.

I do think Google wants it to be inconvenient enough to run a version of Android they haven't blessed as one's main phone that it has no chance to become mainstream, but that's about the prospect of an OEM not bundling Google's apps and store, not hobbyists running custom builds. If that sounds like an attempt to use market power to exclude competitors in violation of fair trading laws in a multitude of jurisdictions, you might be on to something.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There’s nothing stopping manufacturers from permanently locking the bootloader. Some do and others don’t suggesting that the industry does not have a universal preference.

Some manufacturers have stopped allowing unlocking their bootloaders, some bootloaders have been hacked by the community. It's not like this is a static system.

I do think Google wants it to be inconvenient enough to run a version of Android they haven’t blessed as one’s main phone that it has no chance to become mainstream, but that’s about the prospect of an OEM not bundling Google’s apps and store, not hobbyists running custom builds.

No, Google is also trying to stop hobbyists running custom builds from accessing services built on their software (the aforementioned SafetyNet). Hackers keep finding ways around this, but Google keeps trying to lock them out.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, Google is also trying to stop hobbyists running custom builds from accessing services built on their software (the aforementioned SafetyNet). Hackers keep finding ways around this, but Google keeps trying to lock them out.

That's a side effect. If Google really wanted to interfere with hobbyists, they would mandate hardware-based attestation and all the current workarounds would be broken. It would be much harder to create workarounds for that.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And also all current phones would be broken, which they can't do.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

It appears phones as old as the Android 8 era can support this and phones that shipped with Android 13 or newer always do. I had the impression it had been universal a little longer.