Re:Pixel smartphones delivered with secret but inactive remo...
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Saturday August 17, 2024 @02:54AM
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"Users cannot uninstall Showcase.apk themselves."
Linux is just a kernel. There is no requirement to install/keep gawk. One can use a faster awk that has no TCP networking. Most GNU/Linux distributions do not have socat pre-installed.
Linux, being only a kernel, allows the computer owner to choose what programs they want in a userland. By contrast, this "smartphone" from an advertising company comes with software pre-installed. And not easily removed.
This is why "smartphones" suck as general purpose computers.
Linux is just a kernel. There is no requirement to install/keep gawk. One can use a faster awk that has no TCP networking. Most GNU/Linux distributions do not have socat pre-installed.
Linux, being only a kernel, allows the computer owner to choose what programs they want in a userland. By contrast, this "smartphone" from an advertising company comes with software pre-installed. And not easily removed.
This is why "smartphones" suck as general purpose computers.