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It's Android but without Google's services, there's an alternative app store. The irony of Chinese vendors providing a breath of fresh low-DRM air.
by animuchan 3mo ago
It's Android but without Google's services, there's an alternative app store.
The irony of Chinese vendors providing a breath of fresh low-DRM air.
- pjmlp 3mo agoPartially true, HarmonyOS NEXT is its own thing, with a Typescript based language ArkTS. https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/arkts/ https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/arkts/ And now they are adding yet another one, AOT compiled, Cangjie https://cangjie-lang.cn/en https://cangjie-lang.cn/en Using Android fork has been a transition step.
- Aachen 3mo agoLow DRM? I looked at Huawei devices because I figured they'd have to sell them here super cheap because of this downside most Europeans people will even see as a showstopper ("how will I install my precious WhatsApp??"), but - they're among the most expensive (I could afford that if needed though) - they don't allow hardware unlock (ehh.. what's the point, then, if I get a locked-down device with Chinese surprises!)
- animuchan 3mo agoOK yeah I didn't know they stopped allowing to root. Normal levels of DRM then, my mistake, you're right.
- aerzen 3mo agoIt seems like China is becoming the "freedom superpower" while USA is getting "corporate superpower" vibes. Huh
- surajrmal 3mo agoI'm curious why you think China is actually more open in this regard. The CCP has direct influence over the apps that are allowed to be installed on these phones. There is nothing more free about them.