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Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act (www.windowscentral.com)
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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I hope the ability to install whatever OS on your phone that you want will become mandated and the default for all cell phones.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is unenforceable really. Android is a monolithic OS, it's very architecture would have to be reengineered, and then phone manufacturers would have to design their system drivers to be independent and distributable.

    Windows is modular, this comes from the standard BIOS that came out of the bios wars in the 80's. Having a standard hardware interface enables this.

    Phones don't have this.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    No it's not, just mandate unlocked or user-unlockable bootloaders, the open source Android dev community will do the rest. There would be degoogled custom ROMs and full linux (eg Ubuntu touch, postmarketOS, etc.) ports for every reasonably popular device within months.

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