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		TeMPOraL on Feb 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Google Did Android There's only so much an OS can do about it. Every feature that can be used for tracking has also legitimate user-beneficial uses.

dirtydroog on Feb 10, 2020 [–]

Not true, Symbian was highly locked down. You needed permission for pretty much anything, and some of them required you to ask Nokia for permission. It's probably part of the reason why it didn't take off in the US.

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