Can someone explain, why are those countries more effected by this than others?
this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2026
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They will be the first test-tube countries before this rolls out globally in 2027.
Great, now I'm a guinea pig
At the end of the day android is dogshit. Lets just move on. Fuck your app muthafucker
What do you suggest instead beside a FOSS android OS?
If you say apple I'm blocking you.
Please view what community this was posted in
Whoopsies
The sidebar has lots of options.
Lmao didn't even notice.
I already have, I got my Graphene install.
Same, as much as i love it, i'm not too happy with tge pixel underneath it. I feel like it's a matter of time until google says no.
Singapore? Poor?
Yeah, but read it again. This isn't Singapore. It's Singpore. They so broke they can't afford the A, LOL.
Must be a knock off. Singapore's all about getting those A's.
Singapore has the ultimate Asian parent stories.
Pre-1960 they had to sing to stop being poor.
Capitalism. shrugs
is this different from the needing to wait 24 hours to install unverified apps thing? Cuz that already rolled out to my old ass Galaxy Note 9 this past week and I'm not in (nor is the phone from) any of those countries
Will poor countries ever learn?
Ah yes, Singapore famously cheap and poor at over $100k GDP per capita.
Yeah Singapore was the first British colony where average income exceeded Great Britain.
What was their alternative? Android phones are cheap and accessible (at least they were)
It’s more so the manufacturers than poor hard working citizens of the global south.
Well except for Singapore.