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ponectoryesterday at 9:20 PM1 replyview on HN

>> that gives us total control over what our devices do

Like rooted Android phone, which is useless for regular folks because many critical apps doesn't work (like banking).


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Gander5739yesterday at 11:58 PM

I have a rooted Android phone and my banking app works fine, with relatively little effort to get it working. Though rooting is quite niche, so it's easy enough for banks to disallow it completely when accessing their apps. If root access were as common on mobile devices as on desktop I doubt there would be any problems at all.