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Because it's replacing one closed OS for another closed OS. AOSP is open source and unlike stock Android it doesn't have a bunch of preinstalled spying apps fro
by niutech 3y ago
Because it's replacing one closed OS for another closed OS. AOSP is open source and unlike stock Android it doesn't have a bunch of preinstalled spying apps from Google/Samsung/you-name-it which you cannot easily uninstall.
Plus Nokia is no more: https://www.gizchina.com/2024/02/01/mobile-phone-brand-transition-hmd-global-nokia/ https://www.gizchina.com/2024/02/01/mobile-phone-brand-trans...
- MrDresden 3y agoA common user can not be expected to go through with flashing an Android device. A technical user, sure. But a technical user could also simply go and disable much of the offending apps via `adb` effectively removing them (without uninstalling them) from the device. This is a much less drastic move than flashing a device. And contrary to belief, Google is not monitoring everything that happens on the device. Let's give the aluminum hat a bit of a rest here.
- niutech 3y agoAs for Google and monitoring, see this study: https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/apple_google.pdf https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/apple_google.pdf