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Indonesia has banned the sale of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring local manufacturing of components, following a similar move against Apple's iPhone 16. Google Pixel phones are affected because they do not meet the 40% local content rule. The move aims to promote fairness for all investors in Indonesia, but has been criticized as hurting consumers and impacting investor confidence. Google did not comment on the matter.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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