Apple and other smartphone makers are being pressed by India to pre-install government-developed apps on devices before sale, echoing a similar 2021...

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.

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    16 hours ago

    The EU does not mandate that Apple preinstall government apps. Stop lying.

    The EU went the other way and mandated that more apps should be uninstallable.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        15 hours 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.

          • L3s@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            71·
            14 hours ago

            Saying someone is lying and telling someone to “fuck off” are not the same, one breaks rule 3 and the other does not.

                • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  14·
                  11 hours ago

                  Would you then please explain how calling someone a liar is “Be[ing] excellent to each another!” ?

                  You say it’s different to telling someone who called you a liar to “fuck off”, under rule 3 but in either case it’s not being very excellent to “each another” now, is it.

                  Also I’d like to note that “rule 3” is misquoted.

                  • L3s@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                    3·
                    11 hours ago

                    They are very different. One is hostile (not excellent), the other is an opinion.

                    Thanks for pointing out the typo.