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‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case (www.nytimes.com)
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[-] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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I can't root my Android phone right now to install something like LineageOS, but yesterday, I sat down, installed ADB, and got rid of a mountain of unnecessary crap that comes packaged with Android and which is installed as a "system package" so you're not allowed to uninstall it normally (e.g. Gmail).

It's extremely easy.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Unlocking bootloader/flashing isn't so easy for most people. I root every device I get, but for normal users this process isn't easy. Also some manufacturers aren't so friendly towards people unlocking bootloaders. I remember Sony lowering camera quality when you unlocked/installed Cyanogenmod back in Z2 times, or more recently Asus preventing you from unlocking completely.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Eupean banking apps refuse to launch on unlocked phones. And you need said banking apps as mandatory 2fa to log into your online banking system.

So in EU you gotta choose between banking and rooting.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Don't throw in all of europe into one pot. The banks in my country still sell separate PIN machines for 2FA, which work great.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Oh right, I completely forgot about the separate device that you have to plug into your computer and then also plug your card into the deviceand then enter your pin. It's almost as convenient as having the phone app!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Well that sarcasm definitely backfired mate. The device I have is a QR Code scanner that works like a phone, with the important distinction that I can do with my actual phone what I damn well please.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You are talking about the id card reader, not independent 2FA devices that generate codes. Also, in some countries you can get a SIM card with special certificates that can be used for identification and document signing, they work on virtually any modern phone. I think that feature uses the SMS protocol underneath, but I couldn't find the confirmation.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Denylist in magisk works for me in eu

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Didn't work for me on a Samsung S6 or S10. Maybe I will try again some day but for now it's not worth the risk of never being able to go back, thanks to the Samsung physical one-time fuse.

My next phone should be a Pixel with Graphene...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

S10 LineageOS user here: Works with Lygisk and the Play Integrity Fix module.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Try Kitsune Magisk. I had problems with regular Magisk but this one works really well so far.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

So Samsung doesn't let users go back to stock & relock? That truly sucks!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Depends on the bank. Mine (BoursoBank) works on a rooted Lineage phone. I only had to add it to Magisk's exclusion list.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The apps my bank uses run perfectly well on graphene

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Which is only available for a limited set of devices, does not have root, locks the bootloader again and is probably professional enough to get banks to approve their signing key. For those reasons it is nor a viable solution for everyone.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Fair point, I just wanted to mention that there are unofficial, de-googled OSs that do work with banking apps so that newbies don't get the wrong impression

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

❤️

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Add HMD Nokia to the blocking unlocks completely camp

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, the bootloader really seems like a challenge. ADB fortunately is extremely easy, especially if you use a tool like App Manager from F-Droid to correspond package names to specific applications.

Just adb shell when your phone is in developer mode and you hook up to your computer via USB, then pm uninstall --user 0 packagename.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If I am looking it up correctly, judge Amit Mehta was appointed by Obama (who had ties with Google), and still ruled google a Monopoly.

I just like stuff like this as it shows a judge can put bias aside in a ruling at least once, supposedly.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Lina Khan should be the next attorney general.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Nah, I think she's doing good work where she's at.

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