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Re:Apple enabling client-side CSAM scanning on iPhone tomorrow by m4rtink on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:12PM (#28079916)
Exactly! Speaking from the Sailfish OS perspective but thats essentially also a normal Linux distro. It's just so refreshing that studs behaves in logical and introspective manner - have an issue ? Check journal, there will most likely be some hints! Need to transfer data ? Mount the device via sshfs!

In comparison my Galaxy Tab S6 is just so much more black box and some stuff just does not work with no apparent way to debug! Like, I tried to setup a samba or SSH server on it for easy data transfer, with zero success after trying all the related apps in frdoid and elsewhere. It just does not work at all! Most likely some brain dead "security" option one can't override 2without rooting the device that is impossible to track down in the mess that is Android.

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Re:Apple enabling client-side CSAM scanning on iPhone tomorrow by kop316 on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:40PM (#28080292)
Honestly after using Android for so long too, even just AOSP has gotten much more user hostile.

Running root used to be very simple and semi-sanctioned. Now you have to essentially rootkit your phone (Magisk) for it.

Most of the AOSP programs are abandoned (thankfully ROM maintainers update them!), and you have to deal with a lot of things not working with Google Play.

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