▲ 594 ▼ This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period (9to5google.com) submitted 7 months ago by real_username56@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world 194 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (4 children) Long live lineagos permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago (3 children) Things like LineageOS are a workaround, not a solution. The solution has to be legal, not technical. Companies have to be stopped from trying to fuck with users' property rights in the first place! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 10 points 7 months ago Yup. I've heard this first about Home Assistant, but software like this often inadvertently acts like a pacifier for tech enthusiasts. We may have our neat solution for the moment and be content with that, but that doesn't help anyone else, or us in the long term. Things will get worse with no push-back. Disclaimer: That's not to say that we shouldn't advocate for those tools in the meantime as well. We just shouldn't lose track of the actual problem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* The US constitution basically guarantees us root access to our own lives (life, liberty, and the pursuit of property/happiness). I'd like the same or better for my devices. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Willoughby@piefed.world -5 points 7 months ago* People get what they pay for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago (3 children) Things like LineageOS are a workaround, not a solution. The solution has to be legal, not technical. Companies have to be stopped from trying to fuck with users' property rights in the first place! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 10 points 7 months ago Yup. I've heard this first about Home Assistant, but software like this often inadvertently acts like a pacifier for tech enthusiasts. We may have our neat solution for the moment and be content with that, but that doesn't help anyone else, or us in the long term. Things will get worse with no push-back. Disclaimer: That's not to say that we shouldn't advocate for those tools in the meantime as well. We just shouldn't lose track of the actual problem. permalink fedilink source parent [–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* The US constitution basically guarantees us root access to our own lives (life, liberty, and the pursuit of property/happiness). I'd like the same or better for my devices. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Willoughby@piefed.world -5 points 7 months ago* People get what they pay for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 10 points 7 months ago Yup. I've heard this first about Home Assistant, but software like this often inadvertently acts like a pacifier for tech enthusiasts. We may have our neat solution for the moment and be content with that, but that doesn't help anyone else, or us in the long term. Things will get worse with no push-back. Disclaimer: That's not to say that we shouldn't advocate for those tools in the meantime as well. We just shouldn't lose track of the actual problem. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* The US constitution basically guarantees us root access to our own lives (life, liberty, and the pursuit of property/happiness). I'd like the same or better for my devices. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Willoughby@piefed.world -5 points 7 months ago* People get what they pay for. permalink fedilink source parent