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Did you actually read the article? You won't even be able to factory reset or even remove your account from an old Gingerbread device. Sounds like a huge secur
by grawprog 5y ago
Did you actually read the article?
You won't even be able to factory reset or even remove your account from an old Gingerbread device. Sounds like a huge security flaw right there.
>you will start receiving username or password errors and will no longer be able to:
>Sign in to Google products and services like Gmail, YouTube, and Maps
>Add or create a new Google Account
Perform a factory reset and try to sign in
>Change your Google Account password, which signs you out on all devices, and try to sign in again
>Remove your account from the device and try to re-add it
- throwawaysea 5y agoYea the factory reset bit stood out as a problem. The rest don't seem like a big issue to me though.
- grawprog 5y agoI still have a Gingerbread era android phone. It works just fine. It's one of the few phones I own I was actually able to successfully root. It's still full of a bunch of stuff, the currently installed apps work fine. But now, google has decided for me, I shall no longer ever be able to factory reset this phone or even remove my google account from it, for my own good. I'm really getting sick and tired of this catchall phrase 'security' being used as an excuse for consumer hostile practices and tactics. It's bullshit, the people at google marketing know it's bullshit, the engineers know it's bullshit. It's bullshit.
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- Jyaif 5y agoJust pointing out the obvious: If you rooted your phone you can do whatever you want with it, including installing any OS you want.
- ayane_m 5y agoI don't understand the outrage - perhaps this is just poorly worded, and they mean you can't sign in after resetting or signing out?