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Apple Pressed by India to Pre-Install Government Apps on iPhones (www.macrumors.com)

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The push comes as India seeks greater regulatory control over global tech companies. The initiative would require manufacturers to include the government's GOV.in app store and related apps like BHIM, DigiLocker, VoterID on smartphones sold from India.

Beyond pre-installation, they also requested that their apps be available for download outside the company's app stores from third-party sources without triggering "untrusted source" warnings.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Every government tells every phone maker what to do with phones. You can't, for example, have them using restricted frequencies. Funny that you think you have a gotcha there.

Trying to equate mandating that the user can uninstall apps if they want (a massive win for the consumer and good for competition) to mandatory installation of government ID apps is hilariously pathetic.

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