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What if I want to grant an application access to the SD card? Surely I should have that option?
by duncan_bayne 13y ago
What if I want to grant an application access to the SD card? Surely I should have that option?
- protomyth 13y agoApparently, it is a zero tolerance policy except for the provided apps even if you trust the app developer.. Which basically means you cannot truly replace the provided apps without rooting the phone.
- duncan_bayne 13y agoIndeed. Which is why I say this represents another component of a strategy away from open systems, and towards the sort of proprietary walled-garden experience offered by Apple. Not only is this a betrayal of many early Google evangelists - myself included - it's a fairly cynical exercise to build such a system on the Linux kernel.