This all started when US banned google from doing business with huwawi. They could no longer use google products including good play services - which many apps depend on - and google play store. They had to come with an alternative or go out of business
Sounds like standard practice. First embrace as long as something helps you grow and then wait for the right moment and extinguish.
I don’t think this will be received well in the western market. But that might not be their main criterion.
The western market forced this on them. The US at least
This all started when US banned google from doing business with huwawi. They could no longer use google products including good play services - which many apps depend on - and google play store. They had to come with an alternative or go out of business