RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoGoogle is quietly blocking RCS on rooted devices.support.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down14
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minus-squareMigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoAndroid is Linux with a patched kernel and a different userland. Are you saying you never use root on Linux?
minus-squareBig P@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agoMy usage of my phone is different from the usage of devices I specifically install Linux on.
minus-squareMigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoBeing root gives you access to the firewall and better access to controls over apps. Although maybe you don’t care
minus-squareBig P@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoThat’s fair, but yeah I don’t really care for that. I can understand why someone would though
Android is Linux with a patched kernel and a different userland. Are you saying you never use root on Linux?
My usage of my phone is different from the usage of devices I specifically install Linux on.
Being root gives you access to the firewall and better access to controls over apps. Although maybe you don’t care
That’s fair, but yeah I don’t really care for that. I can understand why someone would though