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‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws near (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 11 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Are there people who are angry out of principle/ideologically but who don't do sideloading etc? Because, I'd like to think that if you are angry enough at this, then you have the incentive and the will to root you phone (making it an unsupported device and making it NOT locked for sideloading) and go on with your life. I wish Google died like... Yesterday. Don't get me wrong. Am I missing something?

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  • [–] 48 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    You make it sound like rooting is a simple opt-in. It is not. It is not possible on every phone, requires technical expertise, risks bricking your device, you will likely loose firmware update support, various apps (like banking apps) will stop working. It is a tough choice.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    not all phones can be rooted nowadays, and when ot can it has other disadvantages too that the current method of avoiding play store does not have

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago

    I agree. People that lack the technical expertise or rooting compatible devices shouldn't be forced to even consider this. Once you have paid for a device, you should be allowed to do with it whatever the hell you want, without Google or other big tech shoving unsolicited policies down your throat.

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