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This point is moot and off-topic. termux is not perfect because it is already a compromise! When google scammed us and sold android devices to all the hackers

This point is moot and off-topic. termux is not perfect because it is already a compromise! When google scammed us and sold android devices to all the hackers here and then surreptitiously removed our access to the terminal, we said "that's fine, we can still package this as an app like so and so" and termux was born. now they are removing access from running any code not signed by their store, even if you install termux from the appstore and compile some code yourself, you can't run it. where are we drawing the line? 99% of people cannot use postmarketOS, either because their market do not have access to devices with unlocked bootloader or because their live depend on some bank/school/work app that checks the OS.

dmos62 6y ago
Ironically, the software we create, Android in this case, isn't oriented at us. Castration in Android is considered a feature, because it makes the average user's phone more reliable.
- gcblkjaidfj 6y ago
  > it makes the average user's phone more reliable. I would believe that if it was a prime (well described, not difficult to understand, easy to find) option where the user had control. As it is, it is the same as blocking the second level of a house because 'not allowing the residents to climb a stair makes the house safer for them'. At some point, we have to see that feature prioritization on android serves only advertising revenue increase, and reduced support costs for google. This one is for the later. With this feature they can remove tons of cost form app review teams they have. They can just allow every app that downloads crap to the data location and call it a day. It doesn't help the user in any way, only google profits.
  - dmos62 6y ago
    > same as blocking the second level of a house because 'not allowing the residents to climb a stair makes the house safer for them' Exactly what I meant. I liked the comparison.
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dmos62 6y ago

Ironically, the software we create, Android in this case, isn't oriented at us. Castration in Android is considered a feature, because it makes the average user's phone more reliable.

gcblkjaidfj 6y ago
> it makes the average user's phone more reliable. I would believe that if it was a prime (well described, not difficult to understand, easy to find) option where the user had control. As it is, it is the same as blocking the second level of a house because 'not allowing the residents to climb a stair makes the house safer for them'. At some point, we have to see that feature prioritization on android serves only advertising revenue increase, and reduced support costs for google. This one is for the later. With this feature they can remove tons of cost form app review teams they have. They can just allow every app that downloads crap to the data location and call it a day. It doesn't help the user in any way, only google profits.
- dmos62 6y ago
  > same as blocking the second level of a house because 'not allowing the residents to climb a stair makes the house safer for them' Exactly what I meant. I liked the comparison.
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