Answering your questions on Huawei devices and Google services
I wouldn&#x27;t be seen dead using Google&#x27;s GApps on my mobile.  Before even inserting a SIM card for the first time on a new phone, I disable or remove all of Google&#x27;s GApps.  (If they can&#x27;t <i>all</i> be fully disabled, then the phone is rooted and they&#x27;re just uninstalled&#x2F;removed completely).<p>I find it ironic and rather quite delightful that the US Government is in some small way aiding and abetting what many of us would love to see happen which is for the public to reclaim its public telephone system back from Big Tech, Google <i>et al</i> who usurped and monopolized it without our or anyone&#x27;s permission.<p>That Huawei is the reason is all the better.  Huawei won&#x27;t take this lying down, and having seen how capable the company is and what it&#x27;s done to date, it&#x27;ll almost certainly find a solution&#x2F;be successful.  When Huawei is seen to be successful sans Google this hopefully may inspire others to do the same (or encourage new startups not already encumbered by Google&#x27;s contracts&#x2F;terms of service which make it difficult for current players—which, incidentally, is a monopolistic, restrictive trade practice).<p>As Governments have consistently failed to protect both us and the internet from these damn monopolies then perhaps this unusual form leverage is the only chance we&#x27;ll get.  Thus, we should take full advantage of the situation whilst it lasts.