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Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Efforts like Graphene OS face increasing pressure from apps that refuse to run on non-standard Android.
  • The custom ROM project characterizes Google’s approach to device attestation as incomplete and flawed.
  • Graphene OS is prepared to take legal action if Google won’t let it pass Play Integrity checks.
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

the only reason I've wanted to be rooted in recent years is when I didn't have hotspot on my plan and the most complete way around that was with root.

I think I would like a degoogled Lineage/Graphene OS though

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Why is stuff like that included not included in every plan by default? As a European, I can't even imagine paying extra for that. If I want to hotspot my data, my operator can kiss my ass and simply allow it, I'm paying for the data anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

In less free countries the provider also provides the handset and locks it all down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

for this case it was a plan that's pretty discounted and also unlimited without hard throttle. they don't want people using it on computers or game consoles probably

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

As [email protected] said: @NetworkOperator: Kiss my ass. I pay your for service. You wanna restrict me, I switch my damn plan. If I use it on my phone streaming 4K stuff from my home server or watch 1GB of data over hot spot on my phone is not their business.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Wtf, plans locking down device features. That's mindblowing.