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by kakarot 3079 days ago
Google doesn't design android hardware outside of their own models. It's not within Google's power (realistically speaking) to force all hardware vendors to start manufacturing secure enclave.

This evolution in hardware design will start at the top companies and young startup companies (far and few between in the cellphone market) and trickle down to the rest as the price becomes commoditized.

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It is within their power: "play store now requires secure enclave for new devices"
And that's how Amazon's Android play store wins. Or Samsung's, or one of the other ones.

Google by design isn't the dictator of the entire ecosystem. Not like Apple. Nowhere near.

Every modern SoC has TrustZone.