Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.
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Probably not, since they did cover a presidential candidate and other speakers are not the ones running.
It was legal bribery long before the recent ruling. That just expended the scope of what they consider legal bribery.
What you want is something like https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ.
So they region locked it from US, but it can still be pre-installed as a system app from AOSP. And it’s available in EU, while was meant to be in Kenya only.
In 2020 Google claimed it was supposed to be limited to a single region in partnership with a single carrier. And was never meant to be put up on Play Store.
A spokesperson from Google reached out to clarify some details about the Device Lock Controller app. To start with, Google says they launched this app in collaboration with a Kenyan carrier called Safaricom.
Google has confirmed that the Device Lock Controller app should not be listed on the Google Play Store for users in the U.S., and they will work to take down the listing.
Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-device-lock-controller-banks-payments/
Of course, it was a lie since it’s still on Play Store an of today and in use.
No audit, no 2FA, no transparency report, limited servers, proprietary clients. There are better options.