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i also imagine it to be quite difficult to garner industry support to develop apps on a (default) rooted phone

• mmastrac 15y ago
  Why is that? You don't need root to pirate games. The only thing it does is marginally improve security for apps like Netflix. It wouldn't have to be rooted by default. The ideal solution would be a USB tether + dev tool connection required to turn this on, so unsuspecting users aren't compromised by malicious apps.
  • eli 15y ago
    So... a Nexus One or G1, basically.
    • mmastrac 15y ago
      Ideally root would be separate from bootloading unlocking.
      • eli 15y ago
        Is that not already the case? Perhaps you're right. Seems like splitting hairs though.