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		profsummergig 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to ... The canary in the coal mine is that tomorrow Windows or macOS could do the same with PCs.

killingtime74 4 months ago [–]

It's not the same unless AMD and Intel decide to only let you install windows or Mac OS. You can always install Linux or an older version of windows

profsummergig 4 months ago | [–]

I don't want to argue with you, but you can always install a non-Google fork of Android on the phone. It's the Google fork of Android OS that this article is about.

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