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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by userbinator on Monday November 13, 2017 @08:33PM (#15691870)
I have a rooted device, so I can basically make apps do what I want and stop them from doing what I don't want. IMHO that's far better than Google's vision of "security" where they want to be in control and even consider the user an attacker.
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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by scarface74 on Monday November 13, 2017 @08:42PM (#15691911)
How much of a solution is rooting a device for 1 billion users?
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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by khedoros1 on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @01:23AM (#15693110)
Probably more feasible for some of them than buying a new phone, at least.
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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by realusername on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:02PM (#15692545)
I think every device should ship with root by default, it's the case for computers, I don't see why phones would be any different.
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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by jiggunjer on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @07:19AM (#15694401)
Because computers don't come with an app store that contains tonnes of crapware. Even if they did, people would install a smaller variety of apps.
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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by pantalaimon on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @07:28AM (#15694448)
I see phone repair shops at every street corner, I don't see why they could not offer this as a service.
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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by EpicEng on Monday November 13, 2017 @08:57PM (#15691987)
Yeah why didn't I remember to tell my mom to just root her phone? I'm sure that will work out well for both of us.
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