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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Again, not true. American companies can still supply and do business with Huawei for a 90 day extension. That has nothing to do with updates to google apps which will still happen for current Huawei phone users, even after 90 days.
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From everything I'm reading, I think you're wrong. Google has said that the ban precludes them from doing any business with Huawei, which includes all Google services. The Play Store is included in those services, from what I can tell. In addition, the actual companies who own said apps are unable to sell their services to Huawei users as well. According to the graphic Marques used, that's 19 of the top 20 apps.
This ban effectively forces Huawei to create their own OS and app store, which is a disaster for everyone. Either that or Huawei owners are forced underground, which is really scary.
My guess is that this is merely political posturing and will likely be overturned before the 90 days are up. There's no way that China sits back and watches one of their largest companies get gutted like this. Maybe a ban on Apple products in China? Either that, or we start to see a massive separation between products sold in Asia vs EU/NA, which is bad for consumers.
It's a mess for sure.