> there's no need to have userland apps running as root for the vast majority of people But they don't - that's what the Superuser apk is for - it only runs ce

> there's no need to have userland apps running as root for the vast majority of people But they don't - that's what the Superuser apk is for - it only runs certain apps as root, and only when needed (and authorized). Until ICS, even taking a screenshot required root, so it's not that unbelievable that users would want that functionality, and I don't see how this is substantially more secure than Superuser + OTA Rootkeeper.