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rustyredox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification

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    Can you at least put a custom ROM on to disable this?

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      The issue is that Android used to be open source but they’re moving to closed source under the guise of security as well which will make it difficult/impossible to update the rom

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      Afaik, yes

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