Re:Right to Root Access
by PittleyDunkin on Monday January 13, 2025 @02:24PM
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> "Freedom - the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints"
Yea, this is a nice thought if you don't live in society. However, it falls apart pretty rapidly once you realize "your freedom to stops at my freedom from". So it's a non-starter.
> Yea, this is a nice thought if you don't live in society
Well, democracies are societies, and you have much freedom in (most of) those. Not sure where you live, but if possible, you can always try to vacation in one to experience it yourself :)
> "your freedom to stops at my freedom from"
I don't understand what this means, nor how it relates to having root access on your digital devices. Could you possibly explain this again? I want to understand.
When the context is "digital devices", it becomes pretty clear what it means. You should be free to use it however you want, without externally imposed restraints.
Locking down the device so much so users cannot run applications they've written themselves without the approval of the company who made it, isn't "freedom" as the required approval from the company breaks the "without externally imposed restraints" part.