• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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    4 years ago

    My view is that only open tech is worth getting invested in. It’s important to recognize that no matter how good a company might be sooner or later their business incentives will no longer be aligned with your interests.

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      4 years ago

      I agree with you, and thus a rooted Android doesn’t put limits on something that is yours (I mean bought with your own money)

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        There’s still a problem with you having to root it though. I’m really hoping Linux phones like PinePhone get to the point where you can run most popular apps on them.

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          It’s all misinformation about root being dangerous etc etc don’t you have root acess on your linux machine ?

          On your Android phone without it you simply can’t remove the bloatware, crappware manufactors use to track you with apps that you’ll never use and can’t open but still they are installed on your phone

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            Yeah the problem is that phones are being treated as appliances and they’re locked away from the user. So you’re really hacking around that when you root it. I imagine eventually it’s not even going to be possible to root phones since most people don’t really care if the option disappears.

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                My point is that people are actively working around the fact that the device is locked from the user by default. For now you can still root them easily enough, but that can change in the future. It’s also a fundamentally shitty situation to be in. Even after you root, getting OS updates becomes problematic as they can revert your phone back to being locked. You’re not really meant to be in control of the phone.

                I want a phone that’s open by design and I don’t want to jump through hoops to use it the way that suits me.

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                  But I am in control of my phone :) has i said something i bought with my own money