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Executive summary: I simply will use a second smartphone to record things going on on my primary smartphone if needed (and legal, of course). So Google, what do
by jcynix 5y ago
Executive summary: I simply will use a second smartphone to record things going on on my primary smartphone if needed (and legal, of course). So Google, what does this restriction deliver besides frustration?
I moved from IOS to Android some years ago because of Apple's restrictive policies. And I enjoy apps like Termux which allow me to actually use a Smartphone as a computer, e.g. rsyncing ma data to and from a device, or using tools like ImageMagick or Exiftool. And one of my smartphones (a Xiaomi device, controlled by Netguard to limit data leakage ;-) even allows me to easily produce neat movies of things happening on the screen.
And I dislike these arbitrary limiations of a Smartphones usability. I do understand and accept, actually like, that apps have to ask for various permissions. But I cannot understand why companies think people are too stupid to somehow circumvent suchbrestrictions? Same for apps which disallow screenshots. Ask me for permission, even every time a screenshot is requested, because I can use another device to get the screenshot anyway, like it or not Google.