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[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

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

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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 2 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.

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