RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoGoogle is quietly blocking RCS on rooted devices.support.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down15
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minus-squareMigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months agoAndroid is Linux with a patched kernel and a different userland. Are you saying you never use root on Linux?
minus-squareBig PlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·10 months agoMy usage of my phone is different from the usage of devices I specifically install Linux on.
minus-squareMigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoBeing root gives you access to the firewall and better access to controls over apps. Although maybe you don’t care
minus-squareBig PlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 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