Masbad: Is it time to jump off the Huawei ship?

Huawei’s problems with the US government has not become better since it broke out last year. Although there were extensions for Huawei but it seems like it’s not going to get any better. At all. Google has recently announced that their apps shouldn’t be sideloaded into Huawei’s devices especially those that were released after May 16, 2019. And according to a PC Mag article, some of Huawei’s "existing products are affected already, and everything due out in the future will not feature popular apps” from Google.

And in that same article from PC Mag, it says that security updates for Android on devices prior to mid-2019 can still be rolled out by Huawei. That’s well and good but how long can that go on? I mean, I don’t think that Huawei will be dedicating resources to keep pushing regular updates for all the devices prior to the ban when they’re already about come out with their own operating system - HarmonyOS.

The thought brings me to my question - is it time to jump off the Huawei ship?

Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s a straight answer to that.

On one hand, we could all just sell off our Huawei phones and get one from any other brands or just shift altogether to iOS. Of course, there’s the subject of having to migrate all your data from your current Huawei device to whatever device you’ll move to. But that’s for a different day to talk about. Right now, the bigger question is whether it’s going to be worth the hassle of moving data around.

On the other hand, there’s also the option of just sticking it out. I’m sure there’s a lot of Huawei users out there who are deeply appreciative of the devices especially when it comes to their camera systems. And, let’s face, most folks base their decision which phone to buy on how great the phone can take photos. Because, you know, social media. As for losing access to the Google suite of apps, I think there will always be a group of people out there who will definitely find a way to keep using those apps without compromising personal security and information.

And then there’s the wait-and-see option. You can always hang in there with whatever Huawei device you already have and wait how things turn out. We haven’t anything about the HarmonyOS yet and if that OS takes off successfully, there’s a huge possibility that companies like Google will, instead, dedicate resources to port over all their apps to become natively available for HarmonyOS. Why you ask? Because, like it or not, the Chinese market is a huge one and it’s a gold mine. If you’re a tech company, you’d want to find a way to tap into that huge, deep well of a market.

And so the question remains: is it time to jump off the Huawei ship?

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