Comment by hparadiz 6 months ago Seriously. Why is using your own pocket computer so hostile to user intent these days? 5 comments hparadiz Reply surajrmal 6 months ago Because the world is full of malicious entities who want to exploit people and most people do not need root. ycuser2 6 months ago That's right, but why make rooting almost Impossible? Why they are fighting rooting at all? They could make rooting easier, for example in the hidden developer menu. me-vs-cat 6 months ago By malicious entities, do you mean the phone manufacturers, third-parties, or both? jwrallie 6 months ago Probably malware makers? Some phone manufacturers use that argument to explain why they prevent users from becoming root.I still read it as phone manufacturers on my first pass! goodpoint 6 months ago The hardware is owned by the user but the OS is essentially owned by Google or Apple. The user is a tenant or a cow to be milked.The main goals is preventing a spread of "google play" alternatives with paid apps.
surajrmal 6 months ago Because the world is full of malicious entities who want to exploit people and most people do not need root. ycuser2 6 months ago That's right, but why make rooting almost Impossible? Why they are fighting rooting at all? They could make rooting easier, for example in the hidden developer menu. me-vs-cat 6 months ago By malicious entities, do you mean the phone manufacturers, third-parties, or both? jwrallie 6 months ago Probably malware makers? Some phone manufacturers use that argument to explain why they prevent users from becoming root.I still read it as phone manufacturers on my first pass!
ycuser2 6 months ago That's right, but why make rooting almost Impossible? Why they are fighting rooting at all? They could make rooting easier, for example in the hidden developer menu.
me-vs-cat 6 months ago By malicious entities, do you mean the phone manufacturers, third-parties, or both? jwrallie 6 months ago Probably malware makers? Some phone manufacturers use that argument to explain why they prevent users from becoming root.I still read it as phone manufacturers on my first pass!
jwrallie 6 months ago Probably malware makers? Some phone manufacturers use that argument to explain why they prevent users from becoming root.I still read it as phone manufacturers on my first pass!
goodpoint 6 months ago The hardware is owned by the user but the OS is essentially owned by Google or Apple. The user is a tenant or a cow to be milked.The main goals is preventing a spread of "google play" alternatives with paid apps.
Because the world is full of malicious entities who want to exploit people and most people do not need root.
That's right, but why make rooting almost Impossible? Why they are fighting rooting at all? They could make rooting easier, for example in the hidden developer menu.
By malicious entities, do you mean the phone manufacturers, third-parties, or both?
Probably malware makers? Some phone manufacturers use that argument to explain why they prevent users from becoming root.
I still read it as phone manufacturers on my first pass!
The hardware is owned by the user but the OS is essentially owned by Google or Apple. The user is a tenant or a cow to be milked.
The main goals is preventing a spread of "google play" alternatives with paid apps.