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.

  • plz1
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    -28 days ago

    To my knowledge, they don’t preload non-Apple apps on any country, including the full fascist ones.

    • @[email protected]
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      06 days ago

      Doesn’t Facebook come preinstalled on iphones? That should be their #1 advertising angle

      • plz1
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        15 days ago

        It does not come pre-installed