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		wiseowise on March 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPh... Even better: no stupid analogies and just talk about topic at hand. > Should Google be forced by the government to include support for formats in Android that are used by Apple such a HEIF and HEIC? What about Microsoft and Linux? Yes, please. > As an iPhone user I do not want government interference in a market place that has been kept mostly free of malware precisely because it keeps out the riff-raff. Citation needed.

jiggawatts on March 21, 2024 [–]

> Yes, please.

Those are patented formats. This would make Android no longer open source in the truly free software sense.

Are you sure you want this kind of precedent on the books?

wiseowise on March 22, 2024 | [–]

Whatever runs on Pixel is not AOSP anyway.

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