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That comment was one rollercoaster of a ride. Very poetic, in a good way. Android was my favourite smartphone OS since it championed user freedom. Now that this
by selfhoster11 4y ago
That comment was one rollercoaster of a ride. Very poetic, in a good way. Android was my favourite smartphone OS since it championed user freedom. Now that this freedom is reduced, there isn't much holding me there vs, for example, iOS.
- josephcsible 4y agoAs bad as moves like this are for freedom, even if Google did 20 more like it, Android would still be much freer than iOS.
- selfhoster11 4y agoI'm not so sure. Rooting a phone or flashing a custom firmware breaks Safety net, which means a good portion of apps that I find important will not run on my phone. An unrooted/unmodded device can be really annoying to use depending on what the manufacturer put in the ROM. I can't really think of a single thing beyond "sideloading" (what a repulsive word) apps and maybe filesystem/SD card access that Android has as an advantage over iOS, while the list of disadvantages keeps getting longer.
- josephcsible 4y agoI agree that's a big problem, but it's still less bad than iOS where you just can't flash a custom firmware. And sideloading is a really, really big thing.
- selfhoster11 4y agoWhile I can flash it, it's very unlikely that I actually will due to the invalidation of the SafetyNet status that I mentioned. If I can't make use of this feature without losing apps I care about, then I might as well treat the phone as if it never came with that feature in the first place. As for lack of sideloading, we'll see. I heavily rely on NewPipe, but maybe there's another way to scratch that itch.
- neurostimulant 4y agoThe last time I flashed lineageos, safetynet status was still green unless I rooted the devices. Is this changed? I usually skip rooting the device when installing custom rom because I don't have any real need for it.
- josephcsible 4y agoThis is changed on all but the oldest devices.