The fact that I can use a Linux phone in China and be a fully participating member of society, including mobile payments and everything, but I can't do that in any EU country, the US or Canada due to the payment methods there requiring SafetyNet and China not requiring that, has really broken my brain a little bit
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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅 (pojntfx@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 09:21:14 JST
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Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2026 10:02:22 JST
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@pojntfx Wow, and I couldn't even get WeChat to run without locking my account as soon as it detected I had root access on the phone... 🤬
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