Well, I’ll be damned. They finally won one it sounds like.

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    On top of what Aatube says about secret unfair deals, Google’s Play Store is necessary to run essential social services. In my case I need it to download my banking app and to sign into my university’s online studies.

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      Even something as simple as the Wikipedia app checks to see if Google Play Services is installed and running before it’ll let you use it.

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      Needing an app to sign into uni

      Jesus fucking hell. Bet it’s propriety.

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          Need an app to configure good ol’ eduroam wifi too

          I’m pretty sure you don’t, or at least didn’t, it’s just much more of a hassle to configure

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            In theory you don’t. In practice I couldn’t get working with the 6 page step for step tutorial.

            It is almost impossible to get it working without the app.

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      But that won’t necessarily change with this ruling right? Your government doesn’t need to change how their apps function because of this.

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        I really hope you’r wrong on that. Anyways, it’s a pleasure to see Google bleeding.