#Android is not open source.
Nothing new to that. It's like that for a long time and everyone knows it
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Not having access to the GApps, the Google Play Services, the PlayStore and the security update for his new products is a VERY BIG problem for #Huawei
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They're only losing the month of early access to the AOSP security updates. They can still ship them. Updates to firmware, drivers, etc. outside of AOSP from partners like Qualcomm is another story. They won't be losing anything they need to do those updates from Google though.
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It only really takes a day to integrate the updates from AOSP, run the full test suite and other testing. Everyone without the luxury of early access has to do that. It applies to a lot of software. 1 month of early access is really way too long esp. since so many have access.
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Yep they will be able to do the MRs and the security updates. However, they will need to change their processes concerning these updates which is a big challenges.
The main issue is not having the Google Play Services
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Not having the GApps and Google Play Services is a big problem if you want to sell a smartphone outside China
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It's not an issue within China though. Lets see how China actually responds to the boneheaded escalation of a trade war. I think they'll respond and cause 10x more US pain just like before. They can throw phony accusations at say, Apple, mirroring the US. Get the popcorn ready.
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I think it's an incredibly bad move. It only really impacts launches of new devices internationally for Huawei. Compare that to say, an investigation into Apple that shuts down all of their supply chains in China. Huawei anticipated this and even stockpiled components in advance.
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They've broadcast what they were going to do and I'm sure China already knows what they're going to do in response. China is already winning. US is just destroying their own agriculture / manufacturing industries and looks like they want to wipe out tech companies now too.
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I do agree with the first part. Yep, China already know what they will do. This is a war, a trade war, but still a war. Both side has a strategy