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‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (22 children)

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I can't root my Android phone right now to install something like LineageOS, but yesterday, I sat down, installed ADB, and got rid of a mountain of unnecessary crap that comes packaged with Android and which is installed as a "system package" so you're not allowed to uninstall it normally (e.g. Gmail).

It's extremely easy.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (21 children)

Unlocking bootloader/flashing isn't so easy for most people. I root every device I get, but for normal users this process isn't easy. Also some manufacturers aren't so friendly towards people unlocking bootloaders. I remember Sony lowering camera quality when you unlocked/installed Cyanogenmod back in Z2 times, or more recently Asus preventing you from unlocking completely.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (18 children)

Eupean banking apps refuse to launch on unlocked phones. And you need said banking apps as mandatory 2fa to log into your online banking system.

So in EU you gotta choose between banking and rooting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The apps my bank uses run perfectly well on graphene

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Which is only available for a limited set of devices, does not have root, locks the bootloader again and is probably professional enough to get banks to approve their signing key. For those reasons it is nor a viable solution for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Fair point, I just wanted to mention that there are unofficial, de-googled OSs that do work with banking apps so that newbies don't get the wrong impression

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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