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    [–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I stand very corrected. My apologies for not investigating this further before posting. I suppose i should rephrase my previous comment as:

    I find it ironic that Google allows its flagship product to be rooted with an OS dedicated specifically to limiting data harvesting of Pixel users.

    [–] zbecker@mastodon.zbecker.cc 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    @z3rOR0ne @somedaysoon

    I don't do Android development, but I would imagine rooting makes it easier to test things, as you wouldn't have to rely on ADB all the time.

    [–] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

    It's nice to have full file access and take advantage of apps like Adaway and Neo Backup and some Tasker functions, among other things.

    [–] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yeah, it does seem counterintuitive, but they have to have some reason for it. If I were to guess it would be to keep goodwill with nerds like us. The way it stands, techies are still recommending Pixels, and that's good for them.

    But whatever reason it is doesn't have to be much to have a better expected value for them. The amount of people that actually go through the process of changing the ROMs on their phone has to be so abysmally small that it is insignificant to them either way. And then the amount of people that take it the next step further and actually de-Google their phone completely is that much smaller.