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It's a bit weird to complain about a missing default feature as a "freedom" problem. How would you define the difference between driver and app without mention
by ikeboy 11y ago
It's a bit weird to complain about a missing default feature as a "freedom" problem.
How would you define the difference between driver and app without mentioning any OS details?
>And really, having an own DNS server is not only different effect (because it works only if you use that server, plus it can be circumvented more easily), but it's also a completely new element. Not very practical.
You can set up a DNS server with another app, and change your network to use it.
>Admin account is the default on Windows.
A complaint about defaults, rather than what's possible, is not a complaint about freedom.
The warranty issue is a good one. But that has to do with freedom of the sale contract, not freedom of the phone. My phone came with no warranty because I got an old refurbished one, voiding the warranty means nothing to me and doesn't impinge on my freedom.
- Aoyagi 11y agoI've never said anything about "freedom"... Driver is used by applications as an interface between the OS and the hardware. It's not just that it's default. The OS was clearly designed with that in mind, whilst Android makes it pretty clear that rooting it is undesirable. If you root it and if you get access to the shell, then you can probably do everything I asked about. But you have to go through hoops and loops to achieve that state. Or, of course, you can use 3rd party solution, but that doesn't count as a capability of the OS.