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Apple Pressed by India to Pre-Install Government Apps on iPhones (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 1 day 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] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think the slippery slope argument works here, you can object to any rules and regulations by saying other countries would start pushing bad rules and regulations if you comply. It's not all or nothing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think of it as slippery slope, I think of it as setting precedent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

How can it be a precedent of something else entirely?