001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDo you think Android will one day become so restrictive that sideloading (installing apps outside of Playstore) will become extremely limited, or completely banned?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareDo you think Android will one day become so restrictive that sideloading (installing apps outside of Playstore) will become extremely limited, or completely banned?001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarephario@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI used to root my Android phones. Then I stopped because all banking apps were disallowing launch if your phone was detected as having root.
minus-squareHopfgeist@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoRooting your phone and unlocking the bootloader are separate (and mostly independent) things. E.g., by default, LineageOS is not rooted, but it requires an unlocked bootloader to install. Now, rooting without an unlocked bootloader is harder.
I used to root my Android phones. Then I stopped because all banking apps were disallowing launch if your phone was detected as having root.
Rooting your phone and unlocking the bootloader are separate (and mostly independent) things. E.g., by default, LineageOS is not rooted, but it requires an unlocked bootloader to install. Now, rooting without an unlocked bootloader is harder.