Most phones use customized versions of Android and decide you shouldn't have root access. It opens up security issues and makes it easier to bypass ads and DRM which they don't like.
You can get it on some phones, including Google's.
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zencat@kbin.social 1 year agoHow come users don't have root access on Android even though Android is open?
exscape@kbin.social 1 year ago
zencat@kbin.social 1 year ago
But why is Android even called opensource when there are restrictions by Google? Isn't it a dangerous path when Google can decide to ban F-droid on the platform? What could stop them from doing that? How is the future of Android even guaranteed under such a greedy company like Google?
DeRp_DaWg@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Because the vast majority of users does not need root access.
zencat@kbin.social 1 year ago
Alright, but why does Google gets to decide that? Why not make it so that users can get the root access like they can get the developers mode unlocked? On top of that, doesn't them making it difficult or almost impossible to remove their apps defy the idea of opensource? How is Android even called opensource when the users have so much restriction put upon by Google?
_haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social 1 year ago
Whether or not someone has admin has nothing to do with whether something is open source.
pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 year ago
Because of the handset makers and wireless carriers (honestly more the latter than the former). It's not because of Google or Android.