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iPhone users, what's stopping you from switching to Android? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Android phones are not walled gardens though. They still allow third party app stores and "sideloading".

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just meant unlocking the boot loader and installing custom ROMs or whatever on it. It used to be practically encouraged.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

You can still do that. Google isn't really stopping you. They do however have to provide mechanisms for things like banks to detect it if they choose to.