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

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

I don't see it necessarely as a bad thing. I would rather have my gov id app (for taxes, id and driving licence, public services info) on my phone when i buy it, rather than candy crush and other fucking bloatware. I think it would also help a lot of non-tech savy users set up their phones quickly.

Second of all, gov ID apps having their own store on the side is good. Them being only available on google's store makes it so that if you want to access public services from your state you have to go through google (?), it is clearly not acceptable by a government standpoint, It is even worse than a monopoly.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

What are the nature of the apps? If it's just things like digital IDs and government services, that's not bad since it helps tech illiterate people accessing them. Big room for fash fuckery though.

And as always, preinstalled apps should be deletable.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

I really don’t mind the concept of preinstalled applications as long as they can be easily removed.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago

Good morning sirs

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