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Comment by Andromxda

4 months ago

Root access doesn't magically make an OS "open". You can disable System Integrity Protection on macOS and get full root access. That doesn't make it an open OS in any way. Root access fundamentally breaks the security model of Android. It's totally unsuitable for production environments. See https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/android.html#rootin...

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