Or it could end up like the Chinese GPS, as in phones in China can use it but outside no one cares.
Phones and devices can support that, but if outside China, it has no one to talk to.
Though, even in that case it can lead to backdoors.
Phones and devices can support that, but if outside China, it has no one to talk to.
Though, even in that case it can lead to backdoors.
If !(in China) _disable_
Although even that will cause unnecessary headache for hardware and OS vendors and will/might still lead to new security issues and backdoors.
It's always a tradeoff and the cost of the chip in itself is not the sole decision driver.