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Can you elaborate on that? Many Android phones can have their bootloader unlocked, allow installing alternate operating systems, have alternate app stores, and
by jfim 7y ago
Can you elaborate on that? Many Android phones can have their bootloader unlocked, allow installing alternate operating systems, have alternate app stores, and allow sideloading of applications.
- fivefive55 7y agoCan being the keyword. None of that is even close to required. You have the option to tinker, you aren't required to.
- mrguyorama 7y ago100% of that is optional and entirely unused by most people, excepting maybe a single side-loaded app if they actually care about certain things. This is of course scoped to here in the US, where most of the time Android phones have their OS entirely locked down apart from sideloading apps, ie no running different ROMs, upgrading out of what you're allowed by the network, rooting, running super user apps, etc