Can’t you remove bloatware with adb nowadays?
Comment on ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones
godless@feddit.de 1 year agoPlenty of reasons.
- System wide adblock
- Advanced permission management
- Backups and exports of system apps
- Full uninstall of bloatware (instead of mere hiding them with adb)
- Enabling screenshots system-wide
And a bunch of other stuff I need in order to have a fully functioning device.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
godless@feddit.de 1 year ago
It doesn’t remove them, it uninstalls the app from the current user profile, but they persist on system level. That’s what I meant with the comment in brackets.
It’s the best you can do if rooting is not an option, but I prefer a full removal.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Ah, I see. Would the app still run and consume resources? Or is it just sitting in whatever is a phone’s equivalent of a hard disc?
godless@feddit.de 1 year ago
It would just sit there and be dormant.
lemann@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Two things previously possible in stock android (via appops & adb backups), but no longer possible to any realistic extent (particularly ADB backups, as most devs disable this for their apps). These are the main factors for me rooting personally