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Under the guise of privacy, Android has been increasingly more and more user hostile with every new version. They removed access to external storage, only to r
by ncann 4y ago
Under the guise of privacy, Android has been increasingly more and more user hostile with every new version.
They removed access to external storage, only to relent to the backlash and have it back later under a special permission because, surprise, there are perfectly valid use cases for needing access to external storage like a file manager, or a backup manager.
They removed access to clipboard for background process, despite the fact there are perfectly valid use cases for that like clipboard manager, or dictionary app.
They kept restricting voice recording for years, and now pretty much just kill it.
All of these should just have been locked behind permissions. Require adb access to grant the permission if you want, deny access to the App store if using the permission if you want, I don't care, as long as there is an option to do it for power user.
I hate how my device keeps getting more and more closed like Apple. I hate having a powerful personal computing device being crippled by nonsensical software decisions from the big G overlord.
- car_analogy 4y ago> my device It's Google's device. You just pay for it.
- KSPAtlas 4y agoHave you flashed a ROM yet?
- kevinslashslash 4y ago> deny access to the App store if using the permission if you want, I don't care, as long as there is an option to do it for power user. That's what the article is about. It's a policy change.
- ncann 4y agoIn this particular case yes, but we're not always that lucky, and I'm not surprised if they will completely remove the API in the near future.
- KSPAtlas 4y agoI'm running GrapheneOS and IMO its a good experience
- ncann 4y agoThe problem with custom ROMs and root is SafetyNet. Chances are bank apps (or anything that uses SafetyNet e.g. Pokemon GO) won't work.
- eliaspro 4y agoI feel like this is where some kind of antitrust action is needed. On the one hand, it's completely understandable that e.g. a bank wants to rely on a mechanism like SafetyNet to prevent fraud, but on the other hand it's taking away a lot of freedoms where alternatives could be implemented (e.g. let the user sign a waiver for specific risks which are usually covered by SafetyNet). There needs to be an alternative way to provide the same guarantees and functionalities to developers and end users, but without the required reliance upon a monopolistic entity.
- akc3n 4y agoJust a quick side note FYI - I've been crowd sourcing banking app reports from users in order to build a (work in progress) list of international banking apps that work on GrapheneOS. To view the current list and/or submit a banking app report, feel free to check out https://akc3n.org/projects/banking/ https://akc3n.org/projects/banking/
- ncann 4y agoNice, is there a table that lists everything at once? I want to see at a glance what the overall support is.
- akc3n 4y agoNo, not yet, that's a good idea though, thanks for that. There is https://akc3n.org/projects/banking/#list-of-banking-apps https://akc3n.org/projects/banking/#list-of-banking-apps And https://github.com/akc3n/banking/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed https://github.com/akc3n/banking/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Acl...
- cuteboy19 4y ago>They removed access to clipboard for background process, despite the fact there are perfectly valid use cases for that like clipboard manager Or my beloved KDEConnect!