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Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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391 points croes | 5 comments | 17 Nov 25 16:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.705s | source
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hersko ◴[17 Nov 25 17:14 UTC] No.45955639[source]▶
So a Unity owned bloatware company being used by Samsung is now somehow controversial because it was founded in Israel? Am i reading this right?
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computerex ◴[17 Nov 25 19:57 UTC] No.45957551[source]▶
Uhhhh, not sure about you, but I wouldn't want anything Israeli within 10m of my phone.
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1. tguvot ◴[17 Nov 25 20:07 UTC] No.45957671[source]▶
you probably need to throw away your phone. or something. because never mind of it apple/qualcomm/android/etc - one of R&D centers that all companies have in Israel developed part of it.
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2. wahnfrieden ◴[17 Nov 25 20:18 UTC] No.45957800[source]▶
The controversy is Israeli remote control over all these phones. Not Israeli R&D contributing to a component.

Edit: I know what they wrote

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3. tguvot ◴[17 Nov 25 20:22 UTC] No.45957841[source]▶
parent said "anything israeli". phones are partially israeli. including baseband firmware and stuff.
4. computerex ◴[18 Nov 25 02:03 UTC] No.45960579[source]▶
Do you have a source?
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5. tguvot ◴[18 Nov 25 02:26 UTC] No.45960719[source]▶
For what? That all major companies have r&d center (or few) in Israel?

Nvidia for example tripples size of one of the offices now (out of seven i think) and builds new campus in different city