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infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 week agoYou’re in a virtualized container that only exposes some directories, also those directories are mostly hidden from you, also within this container you generally don’t have any permissions to them, and also every application completely obfuscates it’s folder access via some file access API.
It’s crazy to me how hard consumers got fucked right from the start on phone software and how normalized we are to it.
NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
It’s mainly done for security reasons, but yes it is not the most friendly way of doing things.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I agree with you, though… it’s definitely good for the general population as a whole. Tech savvy peeps should have the option to…be, but most folks should not have root access.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
If it was primarily done for security then it was a massive fucking failure. But I maintain that security was merely a secondary concern.
NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
What reason do you think? Also what makes you think it was a failure? Seems pretty successful to me.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
The app store and permission model hasn’t stopped malicious code from making it onto users devices. So if security was the concern, I’d say that’s a failure. But I think the primary concern was control. Control by manufacturers (And eventually, thereby states) of what people see and do on their phone. Make sure they have to pay for access to features. Easily surveil what they do.