Well the context was indeed political, and the attackers were most likely leftists. But yeah the witch hunt is based solely on the account of their own security team.
There are several legit reasons why you'd do this. Unit tests, for example: override getRandom() with an implementation that always returns the same series of numbers, and now you have repeatable tests without touching the production code.
what does the new shiny android version has that is worth it?
oems that have shit QA
That's it in a nutshell. Recent Android versions added really nice features and APIs that app devs won't bother implementing for a while, because even for the small percentage of users running recent Android versions, OEMs always find clever ways to fuck up their implementation of said APIs.
I've seen one today: "Mamdani admits massive NYC deficit! Proof socialism doesn't work!". Dude, he wasn't mayor a month ago, pretty sure socialism isn't the problem here...
In France we have the "30 glorieuses", 30 years of unprecedented economical growth. Guess who came and worked tirelessly to make it happen? And guess who waxes poetic about this blessed moment in time?
Of course the difference is that at the time, the immigrants lived in slums outside major cities, and they knew their place if you catch my drift.
My guess is that they have to make deals with each country's music industry association (RIAA in the US, SACEM in France,...) which can take time or fail entirely.
Today on a post about a woman who enslaved a mentally challenged girl for 25 years, someone said "she's a real Trump", and I found it perfectly fitting.
"I may be a piece of shit, but at least I'm not a Trump!"
It would only make them stronger, just like snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat.