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r00fus on June 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: iOS 8 randomises the MAC address while scanning fo...

Notably, more recently Google has become less open. Apps written for AOSP that don't use the "Google Play Services" library are second class citizens.

Google is for "openness" only when it doesn't impact their bottom line.

hahainternet on June 9, 2014 [–]

> Apps written for AOSP that don't use the "Google Play Services" library are second class citizens

I love some of the hyperbole that gets written on HN about Google/Android.

Where do you even get some of this nonsense?

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