Comment by cesarb
21 days ago
> and alternatives still are decades behind in terms of app ecosystem.
That's if they're available at all. In my country, only cell phones certified by the telecommunications government agency (ANATEL) can be imported, so the alternatives (Jolla, PinePhone, Fairphone) simply don't exist.
If you don't mind sharing, which country is that?
It takes less time to search and find that Anatel is the Brazilian telecom agency than it does to type that comment.
They do marvellous things like mandate weird Brazilian Android games on the phone I bought in Brazil.
It's incredibly obnoxious when people type "in my country" as if we're all supposed to just... know where they live. It's also incredibly common. Why do people do this?
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> mandate weird Brazilian Android games on the phone I bought in Brazil.
Uhm, this sounds more like something from the Ministry of Culture, maybe some tax incentive for manufacturers promoting local productions.
I could be wrong though. Curious to know if Anatel has issued any ordinance in this regard, just did a quick search but could find nothing so far.
But now I do not have to google that.
When I google ANATEL, it comes up as Brazil