[jorisboris]

> As a reminder, this applies not just to devices that exclusively use the Google Play Store: this is for every Android Certified device everywhere in the world, which encompasses over 95% of all Android devices outside of China.

So what happens in China? Should we buy Chinese Android phones?

[hexagonwin]

chinese phones usually don't have gapps installed, but many of them also have their bootloader locked and not unlockable.