In addition, Huawei now blocks sideloading Android apps to promote its ecosystem growth.
Well looks like I'm never going to get a device from this manufacturer then.
Harmony Os exists because of the US trade embargoes, they would put Google Play Services on their phone if they could. I don't know if Lemmy is blocked in China (I guess it is), so if you could write that comment it means you are not even the target audience.
Thing is, not that many apps use Google Play Services. In fact, afaik F-droid explicitly forbids the use of gsm. I'd understand blocking sideloading of the apps that do use it, but if they are going block every single one, that seems a bit draconian and spiteful. Like I understand why they would be displeased with the harsh treatment they received from the US, but I don't think revenge is a good reason to hamper the user experience.
I wonder if this would be on all international devices and not just on the Chinese local ones.
Although indeed not getting one again, as apparently unlocking the bootloader is either hard or impossible.
This is just like when they announced their brand new OS which was pretty much just Android with a Huawei sticker slapped on isn't it?
Considering that they "block sideloading Android apps", then I so believe it's yet another AOSP fork that blocks apps from the Play Store to be installed
Sounds like standard practice. First embrace as long as something helps you grow and then wait for the right moment and extinguish.
I don't think this will be received well in the western market. But that might not be their main criterion.
This all started when US banned google from doing business with huwawi. They could no longer use google products including good play services - which many apps depend on - and google play store. They had to come with an alternative or go out of business
The western market forced this on them. The US at least
I think the whole Huawei ban thing is going to so badly keep backfiring. Best phone I've ever owned was a Huawei I can really see this taking major market from both Android and Windows given time.
Will probably take them a while though.
I have a Huawei P30 and it's fantastic,
Yessss...even if it takes being proprietary like Apple
It's about time we got a major third player in the mobile OS space. Godspeed to Huawei, may they succeed where Microsoft failed.
I'd love to see another player, but I don't think this is it.
Why not? It's not like Huawei can just use Android so I doubt they'll pull the plug on this system anytime soon.
"glory to ccp"
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